Creating the perfect environment for your breeding chickens is essential to ensure their health, productivity, and happiness. In this post, we’ll guide you through the process of setting up an ideal chicken coop and run on your homestead.
Guide to Building a Basic Nesting Box for Your Chickens
Nesting boxes are essential components of a well-designed chicken coop, providing your hens with a safe and comfortable space to lay their eggs. Building a basic nesting box is a straightforward and rewarding DIY project that will benefit both you and your chickens. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to construct a functional and easily accessible nesting box for your feathered companions.
Weekly round-up 24 July 2022
In this weekly round-up, we talk about chicken coops, gardens, the weather, a brioche recipe and smoked meat!
Weekly round-up 10 July 2022
This weekly round-up has lots of fun in the garden, some more stockpiling prep and work on the palatial chicken coop!
Weekly round-up 19 June 2022
Like all weeks on a homestead, this one was just as busy and just as fulfilling. This post outlines the last week on our homestead, including why we purchased a freeze dryer, plans for our new meat hen coop, heading out to the Ripley SSAA and a discussion about new skills. Read on for more…