Articles by DawnSuiter
Using Sand as a floor covering in my coops has been one of the BEST decisions I have made in terms of how to properly care for my chickens; open-air coops are the other.
The idea was of course not mine, I picked it up from an ebook from 1919 written by a California Egg Farmer named Charles...
The 2008 Rendition of....
Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?
(warning... political humor abounds)
BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!
JOHN MCCAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to...
Hen House: 99 square feet
We began with the hen house design. Large enough to accommodate 20-25 hens. Two banks of nest boxes and a very open design. A wire divider can be added to create a small area for brooding chicks and includes one of the nest boxes for broody hens.
Aviary: 63 square...
Dawn on the Farm's 'Mini Coop'
Two of our Roosters came back from their first APA Poultry Show and had no place to live in isolation/quarantine. So we quickly constructed this Mini Coop to hold them for a few weeks. Since then, this house has become the home for one of our alternate breeding...
Dawn on the Farm's Breeding Pens
While any pen can be used as a "breeding pen", this is just what I call the collection of add-ons we built after the hen house was complete. It's true what they say, you never can have enough room!
There are 3 additions onto the hen house, each 9X7, which was a...
Welcome to my BackyardChickens.com Member Page! My name is Dawn Suiter and I began keeping chickens & turkeys in the Summer of 2008 and have been a member of BackyardChickens ever since! This place is fantastic for finding all the information you could need on poultry keeping, and you'll find...
Dawn on the Farm's Bantam Barn
The Bantam Barn got it's start as our Turkey brooder and was converted when my daughter got her bantam Cochins. It only held the turkeys for a short few weeks, so it made sense to use it as her permanent coop. It still needs a coat of red paint, and we'll get...
Dawn on the Farm's 4 Post Coop
9 feet deep by 11 feet wide
4 - 4X4 Posts
4 - 2X6 around the top of the Posts
10 - 2X4 as the roof structure & metal hangers
5 - Corrugated metal roofing panels (12" long)
2 - 2X4 for vertical support at the door & midway on the back side
2 - 4' tall 50' long rolls...
Dawn on the Farm's Small Coop
I built this almost entirely by myself in one weekend while my husband & daughter were away on a trip. They helped me get the frame together and from there I went. Almost a year later my husband installed the metal roof, we used plywood & tarps for the year in...