Chicken roost ladder

Tour our chicken coop and learn what a dropping board is, plus a few other tips that will help make life easier as you raise chickens.

The desire to add different breeds and feather patterns to a backyard flock is irresistible. The only compelling constraint on this force is space. Read on to learn how to maximize space in the chicken yard.

We made 2 2x4 roosts, added a ladder. Then added a sand poop board for easy clean up

The title pretty much sums it up. I will have a roost about two feet from the floor and also a halfway roost at an angle below it and I have no idea...

Why Aren't My Chickens Roosting? If your chickens aren't roosting at all, it may be due to several reasons. First, consider age. If your chickens are very young or have recently joined your flock, they may not have learned how to do it yet...

Right now I have 22 large breed chickens that are all 13 weeks old, I have a large roosting ladder I made out of branches, but every night they all fight...

Many silkie folks have observed and reported that their silkies don't roost, as a matter of fact, they even hate ramps. Well, mine have shown the contrary...

Our coop setup worked well until a couple of weeks ago when our dear Lucy decided to roost backward. This would be fine but Lucy claims the spot at the top...

Converting a lean-to or other simple structure into a chicken coop is economical and not difficult.

Portable roosts with removable droppings board underneath.