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i have a concrete floor that helps...keep grain in metal trash cans covered that helps....keep a cat in the barn..... if all else fails use rat traps dont give them a chance to hide under anything....homefarm....

My roosts are around 2 foot high..i use tree saplings as roost polls around 2 in in dia their rounded off already also i slant the top of my nest boxes so the can't roost on them around 45 degres .... homefarm....

looks like it will work i knew a old timer john sullivan he said chickens are good for the garden he us to do somthing like this he's gone now he was in his 90's.... what about adding a small greenhouse to it on the south?....homefarm....

mine are about 16 in off the floor they are about 1 foot x 1foot x 1 foot i have a small sapling (2in dia) across the front about 9 in from the front of the nest box they use it as a perch to get in and i put wood shavings in the nest box keeps the eggs from breaking adult...

hello all ....hens dont grow as fast as the roosters do so you might get the right weight by fair time ...i give them extra vitimins and minnerls for their legs sold by the hatchery..they do eat a lot i keep their hoppers full i use commerical feed grower then finisher with lower proten..as for...

hello all im new here... i ordered 50 birds around this time last year from murry mc murry 25 died i think it was the post office i live in upstate new york it was a long trip for them they did refund money for 25 birds... i have ordered from them about 10 years ago in may and everything went...