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Compost In The Chicken Run – FAQ – Housing
...sturdy piece of fencing blocking it off, but left openings on both sides. The two exits ensure that the hens don’t get trapped in a corner or bullied and the fencing keeps the compost from being kicked by chicken feet into the rest of the run. In the Big Barn run, using metal fence posts and chicken wire, we built a compost that forms the letter C. It’s round shape keeps the hens from getting hassled by aggressors. The girls go in and out easily, and yet it keeps the materials contained so that the rest of the run stays...
What To Feed Your Chickens – FAQ – Health and Behavior
...Your hens will eat what they like and shred the rest. I don’t give them grass clippings, as that can cause impacted crops. The same goes for long scallion stalks. But, it’s not a good idea to simply throw kitchen scraps and garden waste into the run, as it will become a mess. To keep everything tidy and healthy I have a compost bin in the chicken run. What the hens don’t eat gets churned into tiny bits and quickly turns into good dirt. It’s an easy, healthy system. In the winter, when the compost bin is frozen, I hang...
Coop Dimensions And Design Criteria – FAQ – Housing
...coops have them on the floor) or the exterior covered run space. Interior air space: Chickens need to roost at least 30 inches up off of the ground, and have head space to do that comfortably. Roosts: 6 inches per hen. I prefer rounded roosts. Hens have special ligaments in their legs that lock in place when they sleep. This is how they can sleep without falling off the perch. To do this, they need to be on a round roost. Roosts should be at least 18-inches off of the floor to allow the hens to breathe clean and dry...
Chicken Manure Management – FAQ – Housing
...pile in the chicken run. I put kitchen scraps, weeds and leaves in it, but I don’t include the manure. Internal parasites, like roundworms and tapeworms, shed eggs and/or body parts in the chicken manure, that then require intermediary hosts to survive. These hosts are usually insects, like dark wing beetles, that live in damp, dark places near the chickens. By removing the manure front the pen, I’ve stopped the cyle. I’ve never had to worm my hens. I run fecal samples so know that I have never had a problem. Chicken manure cannot be put directly onto your garden...
Introducing New Hens to an Existing Flock – FAQ – Health and Behavior
...next to the existing coop and run. Keep the new hen there for few days until no one pays her any mind (at first there might be chest thumping and pecking along the fence line.) Then, have the new hen explore the coop and run without being bothered by the flock (let them free-range, or have them out in the pen while she checks out the coop, and vice versa.) Let the new girl look around so that she can discover where the food, water, roosts, etc. are. Then, if you can, let everyone out onto the lawn where they...
Hot Weather Care for Chickens – FAQ – Housing
...Amazon Links: No products found. http_request_failed: A valid URL was not provided. URL: https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?SearchIndex=All&multipageStart=0&multipageCount=20&Operation=GetResults&Keywords=B001EJHTAA&InstanceId=0&TemplateId=MobileSearchResults&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US Cache: AAL_8b61a32f79bd492502e483b1789151aa for their chickens, and cool off their coops by spraying water on the roofs. I don’t have to do that where I live, but when it’s in the high 90s, I’ll hose down the dirt in the run, which brings some relief. Besides, the chickens are fascinated by running water! Your chickens must have shade. My hens hang out in the compost pile, which is shaded by the barn and trees, and where the dirt is moist and cool. If you can’t site your...
Cold Weather Care – FAQ – Housing
...claimed a toasty place in a patch of sun. In the winter, sunlight ebbs and some people chose to use a lightbulb in the hopes of increasing egg laying. I’ve written a post about that here. Chickens need to be high and dry. If your run gets muddy, dump in a few bags of coarse sand to give the hens a place to roam above the muck. Outside roosts are welcomed by the flock. I also give mine some logs to stand on. Chickens have scaly, bare feet. They don’t like walking on snow or ice. They’ll do it, but...
Setting Up Your Own Camera – FAQ
I often get queries asking for advice on how to set up a system like The HenCam, after all, doesn’t everyone want to be able to keep an eye on their chickens when away, and share the fun of their animals with others? However our system is not easy to replicate – it’s technically challenging (I know because my IT Guy/husband is frequently working on it), nor is it inexpensive to run. But we love having the HenCam, and really like sharing it with all of you out there. I honestly have no clue how it all works, and I...
Automatic Chicken Coop Door – HenBlog – Tuesday, June 25, 2013
...I'm definitely not an up-with-the-sun person. During the summer, our girls want to roost in the run at night so we are usually going out to say goodnight and move them into the coop. That's fun with the 3 but would be not so much if we had a bigger flock. I'm still fiddling with the roost height in the run and want to put another window in the coop so that the coop will be more enticing at bedtime. Even though our run is thoroughly encased in hardware cloth and dug into the ground 10", I am still afraid...
Protecting the Hens From Predators – HenBlog – Tuesday, July 12, 2011
...They complained, too. The HenCam run has netting stretched over the top. It keeps the taloned hunters out. But, it won’t keep out raccoons. Once, ten years ago, a raccoon climbed the six-foot fence, ripped off the netting and entered the coop. The next morning, three of my chickens were either gone or in shreds. I’ve learned my lesson, and at night the hens are inside and the door is latched. The Big Barn run is protected from predators a different way – I’ve run string back and forth and hung shiny CDs. A hunting hawk wouldn’t dare enter and...
Maintaining The Chicken Run – HenBlog – Wednesday, July 25, 2012
...Natalie, the Chickenblogger Thank you. Sara I just watched the Polish do synchronized dust bathing. Adorable! Should be an Olympic sport. Missy Therapeutic. Chickens and all that goes with them is a fun hobby. They are hilarious and sweet. Anna In terms of run maintenance do you use anything on the earth? Any kind of disinfectant (Stalosan??)? Or do you find if they have sufficient space it's ok? Terry Golson I don't use disinfectants. I am rigorous about raking and removing manure, and keeping the run dry. Brigitte If older hens don't scratch. Can you plant anything in their run?...
Agatha’s (Mis)Adventure – HenBlog – Tuesday, September 13, 2011
...hawks, fox and coyote. I had to get them back into their pen. Agatha thought about stepping down onto my arm, but even standing on a stool, I was too far off. I was just able to reach up to poke their chests and push them back into their run. Their landing wasn’t exactly elegant, but it didn’t hurt, either. Now, there’s just one compost bin in the run. I’m putting more string up, too. If bulky, awkward Agatha can get out, a hawk can fly in. They’re safe. For now. But who knows what Agatha will think up next?...
Sand in the Coop Run – HenBlog – Friday, June 20, 2014
...enjoys that sand the way Pearl is, you may have your holes dug back up sooner than expected! :D jaye Clever girl, Pearl! I like watching hens dustbathing - they're hilarious. Thanks for the tip on run maintenance. I will be doing the same thing in my run this weekend, because last week my white Silkie took a dirt bath after two days of rain, and she looked just awful afterwards. Terry, do you ever throw any DE in the run in addition to the sand? I have been throwing a little in their preferred wallows from time to time....
Coco Joins the Flock – HenBlog – Tuesday, November 11, 2008
...Eggers huffed up when she saw Coco in her run, but then decided that it was more interesting to scratch in the leaves. None of the big hens from the hencam barn cared about this third little white hen. Alma was off in another direction. Things looked good. So, one by one, I put the hencam girls back into their run. Eggers chased Coco, but not aggressively. Marge tried to pin Coco down, but I shoved the big brown hen away and she lost interest. Coco, not used to flock dynamics (having been a show bird) quickly learned to watch...
Rabbits and Chickens – HenBlog – Monday, April 13, 2009
...it is moved to the side of the coop, where it is always shady. Rabbits can suffer heat stroke, so in the worst of the summer weather, I put her in the spare stall in the barn, where she can stretch out on the cool concrete. I bought a typical rabbit hutch. I’d never keep a bunny outdoor if that’s all the room available – rabbits need to sit up, and run, and stretch out and leap about. They are curious and need mental stimulation – places to explore and new things to see. Candy gets the full run of...
Compost IN the Chicken Run – HenBlog – Monday, March 12, 2012
...girls love it, they now get all excited when they see the shovel because they know whats coming. They get lots of juicy earth worms - one Bard Rock is always right there where the spade is going in, and is usually the first to get the worms. Fun to watch. lauren scheuer I followed your lead, and started piling compost in the back of the run. It's worked beautifully! Also followed your suggestion of putting sand in the muddy areas of coop and run. It has made ALL the difference. Terry Golson So pleased it works for you, Lauren!...
Chicken Run Maintenance – HenBlog – Monday, July 8, 2013
Even a spacious chicken run will turn to dirt, and over time that will become so packed down that water can no longer drain through. I rake the manure and remove it from the pen weekly, but still, much gets worked into the ground, and eventually the surface of the run will become hardpan. For the chickens, it will be like scratching on concrete. An algae bloom appeared on mine, along with weeds that no one wanted to peck at. When this happens, manure becomes a slick and nasty coating on the surface. There are few nice places to...
Why I Don’t Use Deep Litter – HenBlog – Thursday, December 5, 2013
...do agree with the advocates of deep litter that earth and compost contains healthy microbes, and that loose dirt to scratch in provides necessary activity and also protein from the bugs that are consumed. But, you don’t need deep litter to provide these things. I have a compost pile in the chicken run. It does all of the positive things of deep litter, but it also keeps the run and coop dry and tidy. My compost in the chicken run is a modified deep litter. There’s soft earth for digging, healthy microbes, and bugs. I toss in garden refuse, bedding...
Asparagus Bed – HenBlog – Tuesday, June 7, 2011
...leftover from the veg garden construction. Steve bought some lumber and built a 6 X 6 bed. Today I layered it with newspaper to kill the grass. And then I began filling it. The compost area in the HenCam chicken run has been due to be emptied. An asparagus garden was the perfect use for this: Ever since last summer this corner of the run has had garden waste, shavings and manure from barn cleanings, and kitchen scraps tossed in. The chickens do all the work of shredding and turning the material. The wire keeps them from kicking it all...
Annual Chicken Pen Maintenance – HenBlog – Monday, October 19, 2015
Despite the fact that hens have strong and active dinosaur feet, and that they use them to dig holes and scratch the ground for hours on end, the dirt in the run does get packed down. Although I frequently rake up manure, much of the hens’ waste sinks into the earth, but it doesn’t disappear. The soil becomes compacted and over time as hard as cement. Pathogens accumulate. Once a year, I turn it over with a Auto Amazon Links: No products found. http_request_failed: A valid URL was not provided. URL: https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?SearchIndex=All&multipageStart=0&multipageCount=20&Operation=GetResults&Keywords=B00EQ053G6&InstanceId=0&TemplateId=MobileSearchResults&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US Cache: AAL_d32801666be38241299550bf6ee72264 . Not only does this improve...
The Flocks Meet – HenBlog – Tuesday, March 15, 2011
...shavings. Is she overweight? (I'm sure you read the post about the 14 pound hen.) Have you run a fecal and checked for worms? Claudia Hi Terry, Enjoyed your post and photos. I wonder whether you stay out with your chickens when they are allowed out of their runs to guard them from predators. I recently lost one of my chickens to a hawk while she was out walking in the yard and unfortunately I was in the house. Now I am back to staying outside with them every minute...Thanks. Terry Golson I do worry about hawks, and in fact...
Phoebe’s Choice – HenBlog – Tuesday, July 2, 2013
...that she was given a ramp into a nesting box. She’s now laying an egg in there every three days. Not bad for an 8-year old hen! Phoebe said, The chickens are welcome to it! She saw no reason to go into the hutch during the day. Rabbit pellets are uninteresting to her compared to what else can be found. There’s usually greens and woody things to chew on in the compost pile. Inside are more greens in the treat holder. There’s room to run, which gets the goats going, too. Like Candy did, Phoebe uses...
Compost – HenBlog – Friday, April 24, 2009
...weeds go into a section of the chicken run. You can see it here – this view is in the HenCam yard. It’s around the corner to the side of the coop and out of sight of the HenCam camera. Notice that there’s a piece of fencing in the yard. The materials to be composted get tossed behind it. The chickens can get in – there’s a foot opening on both sides, but because of the fence, despite the girls’ active scratching, the material stays in that corner. I don’t bother to chop up the stuff that goes into the...
Thanks, IT Guy! – HenBlog – Thursday, July 23, 2015
...making. This camera has replaced the GoatCam. I know that many of you will miss seeing Pip and Caper’s furry behinds, but there’s a limit to the number of cams that we can run, and this view of the Gems’ outside run is something that I’ve wanted to share. The installation of the OutsideCam is the first step in a number of improvements that you’ll be seeing here in the coming weeks. You read my writing, but you see Steve’s work. We’re both excited about what’s to come. My writing has never paid the mortgage (it’s the...
The Goat Exercise Plan – HenBlog – Wednesday, May 25, 2011
...trend in workouts it to do short, intense twenty-minute sessions. Accomplished! Once the goats were put back in their paddock, the chickens shooed back into their run, and Lily rewarded for not turning goats or chickens into shredded toys, I took another look at the fencing. It appears that the goats figured out how to pull the tab that unlatches the chicken run’s door. It’s still a mystery why they closed it after they left. In any event, I’m sure that my goat trainers are thinking up new exercise routines. They wouldn’t want me to get bored with my workouts....
Dangerous Heat – HenBlog – Wednesday, July 7, 2010
...Mary in Indiana How are the goats taking the heat? I didn't see them on the cam. (Are they in the house with you too?) ;-) Joyce Yes, the heat can be brutal on the chickens. Last night my husband and I cut some branches to put in the run so they have an additional place to run for shade. I also freeze a cool whip container of water and put it in their waterer to keep the water nice and cool. Janet Loved the goats being brushed. Thinking of the heat you're experiencing there, it's a bit extreme -...
Chickens Get Bored – HenBlog – Friday, June 28, 2013
...Watermelon, pumpkins, and other large, hard-shelled foods can be put out for your hens and will keep them busy for hours. These foods are also a healthy addition to their diet (unlike the sweet high calorie feed blocks that I don’t recommend.) Provide a decomposing log for them to peck at. Move it around once a week or so to expose the soft ground and bugs underneath. What keeps my hens the busiest is the compost pile inside of the chicken run. This photo shows a mess of green weeds that I’ve just put in there. The girls...
The Three Nursing Home Hens – HenBlog – Thursday, June 26, 2014
...in setting one up? Ashley Good to hear everything is working out! I'm surprised though that 5 hens would be too much for that space...the coop and run looks pretty large. Would you generally say a coop/run of this size would house 3 hens MAX??? Terry Golson It looks big, but it's not. You really do need 4 square feet per bird inside and twice that (at least) outside, especially for chickens that don't freed range. Less than that and you'll have pecking. I know of one urban coop that had to euthanize birds because the pecking got so severe....
Winter Dust Baths – HenBlog – Thursday, March 3, 2011
Chickens require dust baths for health and happiness. But, right now it’s 20º colder than usual for early March, there’s 18 inches of snow under the bushes where they usually take late winter dust baths, and there’s several feet of snow in their run. There’s no dirt, let alone loose, warm earth to get under their feathers and next to their skin to kill parasites. So, I went to K-Mart and purchased two kitty litter pans, and filled them with sand, fireplace ashes (all hardwoods) and food-grade diatomaceous earth. There’s a spot of sun in the HenCam run, so I...
Why I Don’t Use Avian Vets – HenBlog – Monday, December 17, 2012
Last Friday I had a long conversation with a friend of a friend about her experience with a deadly infectious poultry disease. As horrible as that was (I’ll talk about it in another post) what struck me was how the veterinary care that she sought out made her year with chickens expensive and unnecessarily guilt-ridden, and didn’t, in the long run, help at all. Backyard chicken keepers rarely come from a farming background. If they have any experience with animals it is as indulgent pet owners. They believe that solutions to health issues will be handed to them by a...
Keeping the Girls Busy – HenBlog – Wednesday, June 6, 2012
...hawk sped out of the woods, and swooped low over the hens. Hawks are that brazen. It was only fifteen feet above them when my arm waving and screeching, and pell-mell running at it, convinced the raptor to give up on it’s planned chicken lunch. The hens are back to being confined, but I have a few tricks to keep the girls busy and happy. I have a small birch log in the Big Barn run. Every few days I move it to a new spot. The ground is damp and buggy where the log was, which keeps the girls...
Pecking Order – HenBlog – Thursday, July 19, 2012
...can circle around it and no one gets trapped in a corner when trying to eat. Add a second waterer outside. When providing treats, set them out in several places. Chickens get bored, and hens kept in small dirt pens will get in trouble. That’s why I don’t give treats like corn that they quickly gobble up, but instead provide a compost in the run so that they have an interesting place to scratch for hours. That’s also why I give them pumpkins in the fall, hang a cabbage in the run when they’re closed up due to snow, and...
Grape Arbor For The Hens (And Me) – HenBlog – Tuesday, April 3, 2012
...your idea works and the chickens don't undo all your work:-) Terry Golson Denise, we use a shade tarp for Candy. I'm glad you mentioned sunshine. I don't like seeing the coops with runs that are 100% covered. Chickens need and enjoy bright sunshine. (In the coop, too! Coops should have windows!) Where the Big Barn is sited facing southeast, even if the arbor grew over the fence, the sun would still reach in. Terry Golson Do they eat it? Ken At least your hawks don't sit on the run fence post and peer in and terrify your hens. I...
Feather Pecking Update – HenBlog – Wednesday, June 18, 2014
...is none, body is hen, not getting the tell tale roo legs. I doubt it's space. The 4 girls are the only birds in a coop with run with lots of grass and bugs. Once upon a time had 15 pullets with no issues so I don't think it's space. The other 3 spend all day running and chasing insects and she bites their butts while they play. I've tried blue kote to cover the red thinking she was going for pin feathers but that seemed to make it worse. I've tried toys, and she is consistently afraid of them....
There’s Always One in a Crowd – HenBlog – Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The other chicks are content to run about in the brooder and perch on the branches in the coop. Not this one. She’s discovered the HenCam mount and very much likes the view. I wonder if she’ll be a “top hen” and lord it over the others when full-grown? So far, pecking order seems to be entirely about size. But, I haven’t sat and watched for any length of time, so there’s probably more going on than I’ve noted. I’ve been concerned about spreading the mycoplasma to the chicks and so do my chores quickly and leave them alone. However,...
How To Make Your Hens Happy – HenBlog – Tuesday, August 25, 2015
...ON! I let them out in the run around 2weeks(it was so sunny and hot) the first thing they did was find a sandy area and dust bathe. We have about 12x12 covered then another 5x10 that is uncovered, they have little dust bathing holes made in both areas, some in the shade and others in the sun. It rained buckets the other day and they would gleefully run into the rain through the puddles then back under the cover, it reminded me of children dashing in and out the rain. I gather things for them on our nightly walk...
Wrongly Accused – HenBlog – Thursday, September 19, 2013
I’ve been concerned that one of the Ladies is eating her eggs. Once in awhile a pullet’s first eggs are thin-shelled or just a membrane. They’re easy to break, and no hen can resist eating runny yolks. Sometimes, a young hen doesn’t know how to settle into a nesting box, and breaks the eggs that are there. She quickly learns to stomp on purpose and eat the eggs. Sometimes a pullet lays an egg while out in the run, while on the run. The egg falls onto the hard ground and cracks. The other hens learn to look for eggs...
Recycling Christmas Trees – HenBlog – Monday, January 12, 2015
REVISED! Only feed trees that you have cut yourself. Trees are often treated with colorants that are toxic to goats. Don’t risk it. It’s that time of year when you, your friends and neighbors, are tossing out Christmas trees, In some towns they end up in the trash and are incinerated. Others go into the landfill. In our town they’re piled up at the DPW (Department of Public Works) where they’re eventually run through a chipping machine. I can barely make a dent in the mountain of discarded trees, but I do my small bit. Or, I should say that...
Grapes for Chickens – HenBlog – Wednesday, July 16, 2014
In the early spring of 2013 I planted grapes. I ordered three varieties, all seedless, all of which were supposed to thrive in my growing zone. They have. They came bare root. They looked like supple twigs. Optimistically, I had Steve build an arbor over half of the Gem’s run. (You can see in this photo from last year how the hens crowded into their small bit of shade.) The idea was that the grapes would protect the hens from hawks*, as well as provide a shady and cooler spot to hang out. The grapes do all of...
Saving Clementine, Part 3 – HenBlog – Monday, March 31, 2014
...loner’s life. Do not use the flock’s behavior as an excuse to make a house chicken out of her! The returning hen can and must be reintegrated into the flock. The first thing to do is to make sure that the coop and run are ready for her. Your coop should meet all of the basic criteria – plenty of space, sunlight (the hens need to see inside of the coop!), outside and inside roosts, etc. If the space is cramped, then a hen can be cornered and injured. Fill the feeder and waterer. If the ground is hard and...
Chicken Coop Dimensions and Design Criteria – HenBlog – Wednesday, March 6, 2013
...coops have them on the floor) or the exterior covered run space. Interior air space: Chickens need to roost at least 30 inches up off of the ground, and have head space to do that comfortably. Roosts: 6 inches per hen. I prefer rounded roosts. Hens have special ligaments in their legs that lock in place when they sleep. This is how they can sleep without falling off the perch. To do this, they need to be on a round roost. If possible, have roosts at varying heights because that helps with flock dynamics. Windows: Sunlight is essential in a...
An Improved HenCam – HenBlog – Saturday, July 13, 2013
...so, ahem, destructive, with cameras. Little stinkers. Phoebe looks even softer. Makes me want to reach through the camera and stroke her beautiful fur! I do, however, miss seeing the runway model Twiggy and determined Twinkydink using the bunny hutch (aka luxury high rise condo). It's been fun watching some of the girls jocky for the runway. Twiggy can be very, shall we say, "prosessive" of "her" runway/ramp. Most of the girls seem to like to rest under the hutch for shade, and now it's hard to see them since the hutch was moved. Wendy Scott This is the same...
Highflying Hen – HenBlog – Wednesday, December 11, 2013
...how to post it here so it's on FB Carol Caldwell My run is topped with a double layer of chicken wire and has a large bush and an apple tree inside. My girls jump to their coop roof and fly into the bush and tree, I know I would lose them if their wasn't a top on my run. They fly the length of the run and they jump from the ground to my shoulder when I am in with them. They are a mix of pure breeds, hybrid and bantys. They are all excellent at flying and jumping....
It’s Cold In The Coop But… – HenBlog – Friday, December 13, 2013
...the coop into a lean to shelter and back and forth. But they aren't really venturing into the run to walk on the snow covered crust in my run. Stay warm and dry and enjoy the weekend. Lesley S I live in a temperate climate as well and 5 of my hens only recently decided to leave their outside run roost for the coop. The temp was down to -4 celsius or so for almost a week and windy and yet my other 2 birds remained up in the rafters of the outside run to sleep at night as they...
Lucky – HenBlog – Wednesday, July 11, 2007
...me run past the asparagus bed to save the chicken. I grabbed Lily’s collar and yanked her off of her feet. Perrie came up with her, clamped in my dog’s mouth. I pried Lily’s teeth open and Perrie hit the ground running towards her flock. Feathers swirled around us. I shooed Perrie into the pen and dragged Lily into the house. I went back out and found Perrie hiding in a corner of the coop. I was surprised to see her standing. I picked her up and felt all over. I fully expected to find puncture wounds. Not a scratch....
Winter Care for Chickens – HenBlog – Tuesday, December 8, 2009
...you have to provide heat. Also, some hens, and often roosters, have big combs, prone to frostbite. Slather on some vaseline if you know the temperature is going to drop. Chickens appreciate a bright and sunny coop. Here’s my aged Eleanor, who has claimed a toasty place in a patch of sun. Chickens need to be high and dry. If your run gets muddy, add a few bags of sand, or put down wood chips, to give the hens a place to roam above the muck. Chickens have scaly, bare feet. They don’t like walking on snow or ice. They’ll...
Sick Hen – HenBlog – Wednesday, July 22, 2009
...chicken door. I looked at her eyes. Clear. Her breathing. Fine. But she walked with a hitch. I picked her up and turned her over. No sign of external parasites (lice are a first indication of illness.) No swelling or heat on her abdomen. A bit of runny manure on her vent. I put her back down. Nothing dramatically wrong. I went inside the house for breakfast. I checked on her about a hour later. Alma is not a friendly chicken. She is almost impossible to catch. When I walked up to her she stood but didn’t run away. I...
In or Out? – HenBlog – Monday, January 28, 2008
When I looked outside this morning, I was surprised to see that none of the hens were outside in the run. Sure, there’s a new dusting of snow on the ground, but it’s not deep. Usually most of the girls go outside at first light. I spread some hay on the ground, but still the girls decided to stay indoors. Candy is delighted to have fresh hay and the run to herself, and unlike me, she doesn’t worry a tad about why the hens aren’t milling around. Sometimes chickens stay indoors because they’ve had a fright from predators, but I...
Lauren’s Coop – HenBlog – Monday, May 11, 2015
...built this chicken tractor to shelter her girls while out on the lawn. Note – this is NOT a coop. It’s for daytime use only. (Read my FAQ on Coop Criteria to learn why this is not suitable housing.) The hawks are also why Lauren has a covered run, and also a play area with plants that the hens can run under for protection. These doted on hens are happy, indeed. Like Lauren’s art? Take a look at her book, Auto Amazon Links: No products found. http_request_failed: A valid URL was not provided. URL: https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?SearchIndex=All&multipageStart=0&multipageCount=20&Operation=GetResults&Keywords=1451698704&InstanceId=0&TemplateId=MobileSearchResults&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US Cache: AAL_4236bfc2d77c45f4c2ecf2c3f3e53646 ....
Writer’s Procrastination – HenBlog – Thursday, April 14, 2011
...way, I feel as if I’ve accomplished a lot, even if I haven’t gotten to the one, very hard thing, which is the writing. Today I noticed that my curtains were looking winter-dusty. Down they came, were run through the wash, and then set outside to whiten in the sun. With the curtains down, I noticed that the windows needed washing. These are big windows, which require me to climb on a ladder – something I don’t enjoy and so felt very productive. What a difference clean windows make! It’s now so cheery and sunny inside! The goat’s paddock needed...
