new coop
Alektorophobia keeps new coop in one place: 3 stories so far. The section currently leads with “From Solar to Spoiled: Our Flock's New Coop Has Them Egg-stra Happy”, “A midnight fox raid, a narrow escape, and four very shaken chickens”, and “My feathered friends are staging a coop sit-in and I'm ladder-challenged”. We just upgraded from solar to *hard-wired* power for our flock, and let me tell you, our feathered friends are living the high life. A midnight fox raid, a narrow escape, and four very shaken chickens, that's the kind of fowl play nobody wants to wake up to. Chickens. Everything there is to know about chickens and the fear of them. The list below is every new coop story on Alektorophobia, newest first.
From Solar to Spoiled: Our Flock's New Coop Has Them Egg-stra Happy
We just upgraded from solar to *hard-wired* power for our flock, and let me tell you, our feathered friends are living the high life. A new 10x16 barn with an attached run, a rain barrel watering system, and a nice window for the gang? That's not just a coop; that's a cluck-tastic mansion. It's egg-citing to see a setup that spoils them rotten while making life easier for us. No more praying the sun cooperates, just reliable, fowl-proof luxury. If you thought your hens were happy before, wait until they get a window to stare judgmentally out of. For more feather-filled fun, check out "Tiny talons, giant joy: why holding a chick is pure cluck-tastic magic."
A midnight fox raid, a narrow escape, and four very shaken chickens
A midnight fox raid, a narrow escape, and four very shaken chickens, that's the kind of fowl play nobody wants to wake up to. I feel for this person, running out in the dark to find a fox had already broken into the coop and chewed through the roof. The relief of finding all four birds alive must have been egg-citingly overwhelming. Now they're bunking in the house until the new coop arrives, but one poor hen is clearly shell-shocked: missing her tail, a possible foot injury, and she won't go near the old coop. Honestly, that's fair. If you've ever dealt with a skittish chicken post-trauma, you know the struggle.
My feathered friends are staging a coop sit-in and I'm ladder-challenged
Oh, the classic chicken standoff, your feathered friends are staging a coop sit-in, and you're left ladder-challenged and worried. I get it. You moved your girls to their new digs, and now they're refusing to come down for food and water like tiny, feathered royalty holding court on the roost. Three of them somehow descended without you seeing, and you got all five down yesterday (they ate, drank, and marched right back up), so clearly the ladder works, just not on your schedule. Should you worry? Honestly, chickens are dramatic little creatures who love testing our patience. Your ladder length probably isn't the villain here; they're just being stubborn. Keep an eye on them, but don't panic.