I clean once a week. But I only have 3 chickens and they free range during the day, so there is typically very little to clean. I am currently building a larger coop and I plan to use discarded feed bags under the roosts to help with cleaning, but I probably will still only clean once a week.
I wish I had some good pics, but they are still a bit camera shy. Maybe later when they're more comfortable. A friend gave me three of his - a dark brahma, a buff brahma, and a French Black Cooper Maran. They are about 8 weeks old. In a couple of weeks, I'll let them free range during the day...
My pet peeve? Well, when I was working (I'm retired now), it drove me crazy when people were consistently late for work. You know when the day starts. Aside for a random traffic jam, there is no reason you can't be there on time! I have even changed start times for some consistently late...
Potential chickie mom here. We're researching coops and I'm wondering how you make sure yours doesn't fly away in a storm. I get that they are heavy, but do we need to do anything to make sure ours doesn't get blown away?
Not a chicken mom yet, but I am in the exploring and researching phase right now. I've wanted chickens for a while and my husband has been against it because of the set up costs (his favorite line is "you can buy a lot of store-bought eggs for the cost of a chicken coop"). I have horses and I'm...
I was going to also say ulcers, but it looks like that's the concensus so I'll just say "gorgeous boy!" and I hope you can find what's going on with him.