Recent content by lonniedeohio

I'm about to start my lean to project. Thanks for sharing I'm going to steal your roost design. Great job overall.

I've read stories of raccoons reaching through large openings and grabbing chickens. They say to use hardware mesh the first few feet from ground. I did my whole run after I got a 6 foot black snake in my run.

You are better to have too many than not enough, however they will definitely all fight over the same box.

Well done. I'm getting ready to covert half of my shed. I will consider some of your ideas while I go.

Starting over after a long move.

I have not had a rooster, and I always thought the egg call was the girls fighting over the nest box. Thanks for the insight, I will be more observant from now on.

2 years and no issues. This coop now houses my silkies. Chicken math required I build a bigger coop for the standard sized chickens. (this was never meant to hold 13 girls)

very well thought out. Nicely done.

Ha! This exactly what I was looking for. Thanks EggSighted for your insight. my girls hatched 2/6 and since the temps plummeted this week i was very concerned about putting my girls out. I plan on introducing them to the flock at the typical 8 week mark but I wanted to let them out during...

@monnarush Sounds good. I sent you a PM with my number. I'll take the hens, but I legally cannot take the rooster. If you need to keep a hen to sell the rooster and hen as a set I understand.

@WVduckchick the rural king here has some too. The employees didn't know what kind though. They have alot of nice stuff there but their knowledge of chickens is that of a toddler. I may go back and try again. But they usually have really basic breads. @monnarush Both the welsummers and...

Anyone hatching chicks to sell near Charleston? Preferably something that can be sexed? Can't have Roos in city limits

For your first question, I would urge you not to feed your chickens pasta very often. As much as you want to spoil them, it may end up hurting them in the long run. In the same way processed grains make humans fat, it will do the same to your chickens. As your chickens gain fat, it messes...

Thank you