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OH SURE! 3 other empty Nestboxes, but you have to have THIS ONE!

"OK Goliath, I got one nerve left, and you're getting on it!"

"Can't a girl get any privacy?"

This contest ends next Thursday, June 20th, at 11:59 pm Pacific time so get your entries and votes in before then. Hey @TwoCrows, is the date here wrong or am I in a time worpe?

HEY! I was here first, and I'm NOT moving!

I'd put the new chick with the hen that already has one. And no, baby chicks cant immediately use a ramp. Most are left outside if unattended because they cant figure it out. Integration depends on your particular flock, your set up and space available. For me it's about a week or 2, when chicks...

Hello and welcome! Glad you joined us. feel free to share pictures of your flock anytime Here is one of my girl Jade with some of the turken babies I picked up at the farm store for her to raise along with her hatch.

A photo of them would be nice. Bantams are notorious at hiding eggs. Do they free range? Another possibility is egg eating.. by them or someone else in the flock. Broody? Pest infestation? Stress from bullying? I had OEGB and Japanese bantams. They were both pretty regular layers but stopped...

Is she your only hen, or is she with others?

A secure night time coop. Most hunting by mink and weasel happen at night. This is when your birds will be most venerable to all preditors also as they have no night vision. They mostly freeze in place and are easy pickings Concentrate on your coop. A solid wooden building or structure...

Domestic dog?

At this point for the sake of her health, I would go to A local farm store that is selling baby ducks and pick out 3 or 4 of the youngest smallest ones they have in the bin. After complete darkness there should be a way to put them under her. If not and you think she will just shoo off the nest...

It certainly looks like an egg laying chicken to me Are you sure she is not laying somewhere outside in the free range area? How do you differentiate your hens eggs to who laid what?

It would be helpful to know what breeds you have and your destination. For the most part, chickens can and do exist in all types of weather conditions. Type of coop and special concerns will have to be taken into consideration. Some might agree that frizzle and sulky breeds do not have cold...

The Hardware cloth and plexiglass plan sounds good! The elivated nest box may be a problem as chickens naturally seek the highest place to roost for the night, because its safer. If your nest box is high up, they may choose to sleep there and that will results in poop on the place where eggs are...

You might find some really good interior and exterior design ideas if you spend some time browsing through the Coop Pages of this website. Some of the stuff folks have figured out is ingenious.

I would put ladder roosts on one end, then use the other end for nest boxes and feed. Make sure the roosts are higher than the nests. My husband built my nest boxes with sloping lids to discourage roosting ( and pooping) on top of them. Or you could build external bext boxes. Those are handy to...

A nice garden plant that will cut down on bugs and pests around your garden is Wormwood. It's a nice plant to look at and it smells like balm or eucalyptus to me. It will spread tho. I now have it in my orchard and lawn.

I'm not sure what it is but its deffinatly not milkweed. I brought a mint plant from the greenhouse years ago and in the pot must have been something else because stinging nettle grew in the sme place. I am still battling sting nettle 25 years later!

I would put the people door of your coop, up front next to the entrance to the enclosure. The chicken door would be to the back side of the building. Then you dont have to walk through the enclosure to get to the coop to gather eggs and feed every day. That beautiful grass will soon be gone...