I didn't think this was possible either but today my white legorn laid 2 eggs! I know it's her because she is the only hen I have that lays white eggs!
I found this design on YouTube. This is just my version of it. Here are a couple of photos of it, and I have a couple of YouTube videos on my blog page.
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Thanks Dan! Yeah they love it. I'm getting ready to combine my two small flocks in a few weeks so we built this roost. Its much bigger than the other one I'm using in the other coop. The one I made for that coop was made out of a wooden ladder my dad and I took apart and combined with longer...
I know this isn't a new idea but here is a photo of the Tree Limb Roost my dad helped me build for my chickens! You can see more of my recycled chicken coops and my chickens on my blog if you're interested.
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This isn't really My invention....but this is so easy and inexpensive. Here is my homemade chicken coop cleaner and insecticide made with vinegar and orange peels. Check the link here to see how I made it:
http://amysharvest.blogspot.com/2012/10/homemade-insecticide-and-predator.html
This...
I have a TON of raccoons, opossums and skunks in my area....I trapped raccoons the whole summer. I bought the Interplex Solar Nite Eyes (4 of them) and I haven't seen any evidence that ANYTHING has tried to get in. I'd buy these again in a heartbeat. You can check out my blog if you're...
Just thought I'd post an FYI....I could only find 1 golf ball to put in the nest box....but I had a bunch of those plastic Easter eggs...so I put a small rock inside each of them and put them in the nest boxes. One of my hens JUST started laying eggs 2
days ago...I didn't think this...
I have electricity in my coop, but the heated waterer base I just bought online doesn't have a very long cord. It says not to use an extension cord....is there a reason why I shouldn't? Otherwise I'm going to have to return it because its not long enough.