Backyard Chickens – Clean the Coop Again

Generally you need to do a full cleaning of your backyard coop/ run/ etc. around once every 3 months. By this, I mean the area around the chickens. The nesting boxes you have to keep much cleaner. Those I try and do about once a month. This is where you chicken is going to lay Read More …

What is a Dig Skirt?

A “dig skirt” in the context of poultry keeping, also known as a predator guard or anti-dig barrier, is a barrier made of metal, like hardware cloth or welded wire, that’s placed around the outside perimeter of a chicken coop or run, buried or secured to the ground, to prevent predators from digging under and Read More …