Chicken perch diy

Providing perches inside a chicken coop reduces the temptation that they will sleep unsafely outdoors in a tree or along a fence top.

This is the beginning of our Chicken Kindom of sort. I will be posting more pics along with stories behind each picture a little later on, but for now enjoy. Planning out for the new little ones, nice hard rocky dirt. We decided to go with a...

Three different ways to make a chicken perch. One natural, one store bought and one that reuses an old tool

Chickens are a very Vashon thing. So many people here have their own flocks–I know of at least four flocks all within a rooster’s crow of our house. We’ve been working on adding s…

Kathy, backyard chicken keeping advocate, consultant and author shares practical info, advice and the antics of her flock to educate, entertain and inspire.

I turned the big 4-0 last month and my husband made me something very special (which my husband tells me ordinary women would not even want)! Let me take you on a visual tour. This is at the back of my suburban homestead. I am standing right next to the coop. To the left of the coop is the run. For a year this was all the space the chickens had and I knew they needed more room. On top of the run is a new addition...it is my lettuce box. It provides shade for the chickens and protects them…

Chicken Roost I. Need to install board underneath to make cleaning easier. 2x4 lying flat for New England winters.

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