When we picked up our first 3 chickens the seller said they had just started to lay, and she was giving them layer feed, so that's what we bought them. They actually didn't lay for us until 2 weeks after we got them, and one still isn't laying, a month later.
Also got 2 POL Isa Browns a...
Help! We just picked up our first ever chickens, and as they were handed over the seller calmly noted that they had mites and she had dusted them.
Yikes! Should we put them in their brand new, mite-less coop, or knock up a temporary shelter until we eliminate them? We bought some powder and also...
My coop interior is black, because you can't paint formply without a lot of work sanding it. There's a lot of white trim on the outside but when it came time to paint the roost bars I was bored with painting white and decided to use some dark grey left over from house reno. Also thought the...
The Chookie McMansion is almost complete and we're constructing the bits and bobs now. Husbana (being completely in love with the Carolina Coops man) wants to do a ladder style, but you all on this forum seem to have solid ramps (EXTREMELY solid in some cases, I'm lookin' at you 3KillerBs 🤣)...
Hi, I'm Karen and I'm Aussie (hence "chook" not "chicken"). Have been thinking about getting chooks for a couple of years, to help with pest control in our orchard. Decided to dip our toes in with an internet kit coop. Even as we started to put it together, we're saying "this won't hold 6...