Great article. :) Love the suggestions. Our girls are all molting now and look terrible. We are in Arizona so not too worried about cold weather, but I love some of the ideas for cleaning the coop.
Wonderful article. Our girls get to free range for an hour or two every day. While they are doing that we clean and tidy up their enclosure and sometimes clean the coops. We also plant mealworms or superworms around the area so they can forage for them and enjoy some really fresh food. Our girls...
I'm in Tempe, and we have 10 ladies. We installed a swamp cooler on each coop and the girls go in and out to cool off. While this method for humans would be uncomfortable, the constantly moving air seems to be enjoyed by them. We also give them frozen treats like frozen watermelon slices which...
We have 2 in our bigger coop and 1 in the other. We also have cameras that watch over the entire enclosure so we can see just about everything. At night we can see if the chickens have started roosting and then close the coop doors by remote control. We have no problems with any animals...