Recent content by Eilsel

I used a dog kennel for my run, and I recommend 1" x 2" welded wire for the apron and top (though I used 2" x 4" on the top, and it still collects some snow but is cheaper than 1x2). I don't have a roof on my run, but have covered the top with welded wire so I can leave the door to the coop open...

I use a heated dog bowl and keep it in the run, not in the coop. I don't have to refill it too often but I only have 5 hens. It was $19 at TSC.

They were getting along great! Unfortunately I learned a lesson the hard way... I cannot update on this rooster, because I lost him :hit I got too eager to let him free range with my girls, who don't wander too far (I'm on 10 acres though) - unfortunately he did not stay with the hens as I...

Sadly I cannot update on this rooster, because I lost him :hit I got too eager to let him free range with my girls, who don't wander too far (I'm on 10 acres though) - unfortunately he did not stay with the hens as I anticipated and disappeared. I am heartbroken because I was so excited to have...

I don’t know, I’ll try to get a good look tomorrow!

my dad has a rag tag mix of chickens- some mixed breed home breds, some feed store chicks, some “rescues” from people that have given him their flock. He gave me this rooster today and I’m not sure which category it belongs in! Is this a typical color pattern for a specific breed or is it most...

Check out this handsome dude! I didn’t realize he would be coming today sooo I didn’t get to set up a look no touch pen... so cold turkey it was! Stuck him in the run this morning and the girls didn’t come out of the coop until after noon, but once they did he strut his stuff and everyone got...

Thanks everyone! I should get him in the next week or two- then I’ll report back!

Hello all! I have a flock of 5 hens who are in their second year. My dad has an "extra" mature rooster that's getting a bit beat up in his free range flock that he has offered to give me. Here are my questions: 1. The hens are all currently going through their first real molt and on top of...

How cheap you can make it really depends on your availability of free/inexpensive materials and handiness. You can make a good coop out of free pallets, but they aren't always available or the easiest to work with because there's no guarantee of standard sizing. A lot of times on here people...

Ok the hen hopped off the nest yesterday and I took the opportunity to candle the eggs as well as I could. None had even developed at all I tossed them luckily there were only a few real stinkers! I think mostly there were temperature issues, plus the extra eggs issue, plus maybe somehow none of...

Day 23... still no chicks. My husband went to let the chickens out of the coop this morning and said the hen wasn't on her eggs, but there were probably 20 in there :he within the next 5-10 minutes she was back on the nest. In the last few days she has eaten a few of the unfertilized eggs that...

Thought I would give an update- We're at day 18 of the hen sitting on the eggs I gave her. Unfortunately, I was not very successful in keeping the other hens out of the nest box and so she did accumulate LOTS of eggs over this time... I have snuck away any that she wasn't really sitting on that...

I have my first broody right now whose eggs should hatch this weekend :fl It's been a bit of an experiment as she's my first. She's actually meaner than all get out so there was no way I was getting my hands closer to her than necessary- so I trust that if she needed to get off the nest she...

Hi there! I have ridden and owned horses my entire life, my mom was a trainer and riding instructor, and I still train and teach lessons part time as well as ride competitively. Here are my answers to your questions, and then some advice I hope you take to heart at the end! 1. What are the...