At the time we started up Covid was around so people were buying ev.! We bought a bunny hutch & built the coop perching area took the back off of bunny hutch & attached through one side to open wall. The B-hutch holds the nesting boxes 2 up 2 dn & roomy also the screened doors give good...
We have 4 Hens, 3 Road Island Reds & 1 Australorpe. Rocky, Roadie, Pecan (pecken) & Praline. Roadie is the Australorpe. I never name pets or in this case hens human names. Sorry not to offend anyone just my way. Previously we thought we had hens & all but Roadie including a Silkie were males NOT...
A fan, a mini apple shaped shallow pool with a sq blk to stand on if prefer, added drkst tint plexiglass to tall run 1/2 way dn to blk Fl sun since they cleared the wooded lot next door & are bldg a house on it🙄 ice in wtr but corn idea is great👏🏻 Can float in pool encourage entry/splashing (its...
We put the sm wire cloth 2ft dn perimeter & came up interior wall attatched w/staple gun then covered with dirt. Have same around tinted plexiglass roof to run! Have never had but 1 intruder a sm black racer snake saw me & squirmed right through that smallest wire & slithered right back out the...
We were in Sam’s Club Spg or last summer & spotted rubber sqs thick for patios bought enough to cover run area & ev floor area & in coop is covered in sm shavings Rural King’s they seem to like it they really keep it clean!( I have found the small shavings are best) Of course I clean all out ev...
Can you re-notch perches & flip 2X4’s to lying flat? That will close the gap more. We had to buy a bunny hutch during Covid debacle ev buying chics & nothing was available. We then built a lg tall box on 4x4 legs & attatched the two on lgr base taking back wall off of BH & reversing leaving a...
Please get the smallest hardware cloth!! Bury it 2’ deep attached to run and place in an outward position bury with dirt. I believe my husband came from inside of framed run then attached at base continued outward the 2’ dn & buried with the dirt. We haven’t had a problem the whole run ceiling...
“Chicken Brains” LOL PIT BULL VS Black Racer snake? the other day a black racer slithered dn towards me saw it before, but then it stopped & went up by Lanai slithered along & boom turned and there were TWO I think about 4’ long aprx. The one was under the (was going to be she shed now just...
We got 6 just before Covid lock dn so things were scarce @ Rural King got a bunny hutch (2)left. Of the 6 also frm there 5 were Roosters we are allowed 4HENS! 2 were Silkies so cute had to go. They were already grown nice birds by the time could see were males gave to a place they git $60. 4 ea...
We also lined our coop with linoleum what an easy clean up! Lol we did from wall behind & side of coop. The roost bar which is a 2x4 & one slightly lower to it (drops fall through sm spabe between or bars get scraped off & rinsed easy peasy) one’s notched & one added with two nails holding...