How many chickens are in your flock, and which one has the biggest personality? Share their name, a pic, and their funniest habit.

We got 14 eggs for the first time in forever the other day. Now getting a decent amount since the weather has warmed a tad. Much better than the 1-2 we were getting! Def looking forward to more spring weather and it’s warming up quick here in Texas. Hope you’re all starting to see some spring come your way!

Curious what you think and what you believe got you to the place you are now.

When I designed my large 16ft by 8ft (twin 8ft x 8ft with a shared middle wall) for deep bedding and lots of ventilation I thought I had the rat problem solved with having the coops clad with tin. Well... bad news. only one of the coops is rat proof. One I had to clad three 4x4's with tin corners to make it impossible for the rats to climb. The final building corners are going on this coming Monday. The other 8ft x 12ft coop is mostly rat proof but it has a 4ft by 8ft storage area which they've gotten into and then chewed thru the 1/4 inch ply into the coop. I am planning on cladding the inside of the storage area with tin to rat proof. Wondering is there is anything else I can do? Also best way to clean up the mess they leave to make it less toxic for chickens... does anyone know?

Welcome to the community where it’s all about chickens and all about connecting with other chicken tenders like yourself. Let’s keep this simple. Share your story that includes the following: - Where you’re from - How many chickens you have - How many years you’ve had backyard chickens And of course, add any other info. Members, be sure to like and comment on each others posts. Also, create a new comment for yours, don’t thread your comment below someone else’s. Let’s go!