backyard

A few years ago my husband and i were watching PBS and caught the end segment of MAD CITY CHICKENS which is a realy enjoyable documentary about back yard chickens. We HAD to purchase the CD so we could watch the whole thing. Its informative and some parts are laugh out loud funny. This is a...

I have a backyard flock of silkies. We built our coop just over a year ago and love having fresh eggs and cute pets. We don’t eat them because silkies aren’t really made for that and I don’t think we could bring ourselves to slaughter them. They are definitely pets. We got them from a breeder...

I am going to build a chicken coop, something with inspiration from this, and then place it in my backyard to keep my 3 chickens. My problem is, I have a decent size backyard, but most of it is used up. I have attached a file that gives a very vague visualisation of my backyard. I have no idea...

Hey my chicken peeps! I have two backyard chickens in San Mateo CA. Recently one of my ladies has been naming noise in the morning (let's say 6 am) and when we come out to open to coop we have a neighbor who is yelling out her window to "Shut those chickens up!". She has not reached out to us...

I currently have 40 hens, 10 are several years old and 30 are two months old. I let then free range on the weekends and evenings when I am home. For the most part I'd say they are fairly helathy. A few years ago, I lost 4 or 5 within a 2 month period . All seemed slow, and sitting in the corner...

I have 12 chicks and they're about ready to move to their coop. I’ve got the design down and bought all the materials, but I keep going back and forth on where to build it. I have a lot of space so should I put the coop in the front yard or the backyard? What are some considerations I need to...

I'm starting a backyard flock of four this spring. I'm looking for egg-layers that do well confined to a run (free ranging isn't an option). The run will be 4'x10'. I've heard it's best to get hens in pairs so I'm thinking of two Barred Rocks and then two of another breed. I've heard Rhode...

Hi all! I will eventually be moving to Las Vegas sometime next May 2018. The houses that I’ve been looking at seem to have the running theme of rocky backyard. I am trying to figure out the best way to re-landscape and what to put down for my 6 girls so they don’t get bumblefoot or too hot from...

I have about a dozen rainbow and Grey Rangers. Is there a way to tell them apart -cockerel or pullet- based on their coloration when they are only a few weeks old for either type? (Don't mind the black ones in this picture they're supposed to be wyandottes)

Hi! Possibly a dumb question. I would like to start keeping in our backyard, however, our neighbor two houses down has a large coop with many chickens and a turkey. Can I build a coop in my yard without building a privacy fence? Will it stress them out or make them act weird if they can see...

Hi everybody, I have received ISA browns, white leghorns, speckled sussex, rhode island red hens with one black Jersey Giant rooster and I was wondering what a cross between them might look like. Does anyone have pictures of a cross with a giant? The more pictures the better :)