Wood chips in chicken run

Chickens get snacks in the form of bugs that eat wood chips, and you eventually get compost from the wood chips and chicken poop.

Depending on where you are in the country and how your coop is sited, you may occasionally have problems with mud in the run. There are worse things than a little mud from time to time, but if your chickens have no place to escape a mucky run, that means they are pooping in the mud, walking in the muddy poop, foraging

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…

Originally we didn’t have a play yard section but they needed more room when they weren’t free ranging. Also we added the next section of the run which leads into their original dirt floor run area....

The Coop de Grass They say that immitation is the most sincerest form of flattery! If so, I will shamelessly say that we copied our coop design from one we saw on the coop forum. Todtrac and Be_collective provided the design that allowed us to...

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You can make your own chicken run out of dirt-cheap materials, some of which are probably lying around your back yard right now. Photos and videos included.

I am giving an update to this post! I found easier way to clean chicken poop after all night chickens roosting! I updated this after initial post! Read entire a…

Now I know what you’re thinking – chicken coops are for sleeping and egg-laying, not interior decorating! But just because your ladies need a practical home doesn’t mean it can’t also be cute.