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Excellent article, and very timely for us! As I understand the article, a heating element was still used in the run while the chicks were young. The term was a "heating pad cave". What exactly was that? Is it the blue and white thing in the picture? If so, was that an actual heating pad used...

Great article! Thanks for providing a suggestion for what to do with a hen after she dies. We had to do this with one of ours that nibbled on potato vines the day before (which are toxic for chickens). Active and healthy one day, dead in the coop the next with no other signs of harm, egg-bound...

Very nice aesthetic and functional coop! Wondering about the light fixture in the coop - is that for heat during the winter, or for increased egg production, or ....?

Do I need to have a separate login for purchasing the Calendar with the checkout software? The login for the checkout did not accept my email and password that I currently use for accessing the backyardchickens.com website. That seemed a little strange, however, since I login to...

Well written article! The inclusion of the many factors that contribute to the health of our chickens reveals the tradeoffs that must be made in a given situation. We live in a suburban environment, and have built a run and a coop, but recognized early on that they are more content (and quiet!)...

We have six chickens, live in Texas where it is now hot. We've had them since chicks going on a year ago now. A couple of them did not lay eggs for several weeks when they got broody and wanted to sit on the other's eggs. After awhile they resumed egg laying as before. A tip regarding shavings...

Thanks for the information - haven't encountered this yet, but will get the supplies necessary now in case it does happen.

Mine certainly do!

Our first venture into backyard chickens for eggs is with 2 yellow Buff Orpingtons and 2 Barred Rocks week old chicks. A month later we supplemented with 2 Blue Australorps and an Easter Egger week old chicks. We spent time handling them when they were chicks and getting them use to our dogs...

Think carefully about the number of nesting boxes. We have 7 hens, and 3 nesting boxes. The nesting boxes all get used every day, and reduce the amount of squabbling that can occur when multiple hens want (need) to lay.

Amazing how the healing process works in a chicken. Thanks for the information which is a strong encouragement to not have a chicken get into this predicament in the first place, but if it ever does happen, your explanations will be very helpful to nurse one back to health. Great information...

Great suggestions sniper338 - thanks for the ideas! Will have time this coming week to do both of those. My wife wants to build another roost outside of the coop also somewhere. When it is raining (in the forecast this coming weekend) the roost in the run as you suggested would be a good idea...

Our chicken coop is a 4x6 coop. You can see it at https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/our-chicken-coop-run-construction-progress.1541236/page-4#post-26355611 We figured that 7 chickens was about right for that size. We live in N. Texas and have a couple Barred Rock chickens, a couple Buff...

With the cold weather, we attached some 3 mil plastic in the run area below the coop. Even though it is in the low 20's this afternoon (right now), they are all very active! We let them free range outside the run today. They normally come back in when we call and shake some corn in a bucket, but...

This is our first winter with chickens, they were chicks we purchased at the feed store this past July and August. 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Barred Rock, 2 Blue Australorp and an Easter Egger. We have a non insulated coop (see my Coop Story here on backyardchickens.com) which has a well ventilated...

I had some time the last couple weeks to put together a video of how we made our chicken coop at our family website on this page: http://suttonsonline.com/index.php?pg=rces Scroll down on the page and you'll see the video there. Hopefully it will help people that are considering raising...

Great article introducing the common mistakes made in raising chickens! Love the links included with the article!

Thanks for this information! Haven't needed it yet, but it is good to know that it is here if I do need it.

Nice work - and that arrangement should help you visually tell the pecking order they have established among themselves at any given time.

Update on how the coop and run are working. We have 7 chickens now that are between 4-5 months old now. They weathered the heat here in N. Texas well! The coop windows stayed open during the summer, with a tarp on the west side to block the harsh sun in the evening. That worked great, keeping...