Comments on: Renovating Chicken Hut

by: david

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:03:24 +0000

Cuprinol Autumn Gold Shed & Fence Timber Care perhaps?

by: john

Mon, 26 May 2008 16:34:54 +0000

what is the name of the chicken friendly wood preserver?

by: Sara @ Farming Friends

Thu, 22 May 2008 11:10:02 +0000

Hi Maxine,
I would thoroughly clean their hut and disinfect the hut. I would treat them for mites and then I would hang some cabbages etc from the roof for them to peck at. This should cover mites http://www.farmingfriends.com/red-mites-on-poultry/ and pecking http://www.farmingfriends.com/feather-picking-and-cannibalism-in-poultry/ . I would then see if the feathers improve.
A good time to check for mites is at night. Also a salt and pepper pwder on the underside of perches is also a sign of mites.
Hope your hens feathers improve.
Kind regards
Sara

by: Maxine Hopper

Wed, 21 May 2008 16:53:16 +0000

my hens look terrible tail feathers all plucked and som have lost feathers around their face , no eveidnce of mites ..they all are this way so cant tell if they are plucking or have some disorder

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Mon, 19 May 2008 11:32:58 +0000

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by: TopVeg

Mon, 19 May 2008 06:36:54 +0000

We have had a problem with stoats and or weasels - creeping through holes in the floor of the chicken hut and stealing eggs and chicks. So it is worth making sure there are no gaps in the floor!

by: Muum

Sun, 18 May 2008 12:44:04 +0000

hmm, we just knocked ours down because it was a total ‘ghetto chicken house’! Don’t use chicken wire as flooring, it rots out in two years. We have thought about using concrete blocks as flooring, we could spray that off to clean it, but still need to come up with a way to make it more comfortable in Utah winters. How cold does it get there? What do you do to keep your animals warm? WE used a light bulb, among other things. But our set up was totally ghetto.

by: Louise

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:59:46 +0000

Well done Sara, quite a project to undertake. I am sorry I now nothing about wooden homes for chickens, ours used to live in a old water tower. I hope your friends will be able to give you lots of advice. x

by: Curtis

Sun, 18 May 2008 03:20:54 +0000

Hi Sara. Have you thought about maybe putting some tin on the floor instead? It is lighter and would protect the foul. It is also rot proof. Just a thought. The chickens wouldn’t weigh enough to cave it in.

by: Cottage Smallholder

Sat, 17 May 2008 10:47:55 +0000

We have chicken wire set under the hut. It has lasted for years (4) and has kept out predators so far. Rats could chew throuugh wood. This happened to a friend of mine and the rat ate the chicks.