Coops Sage is my website where I can deliver experience based recommendations guides on how to keep chicken and firsthand experiences written by me, Sage Mercer. I keep a mixed flock in rural northern Nevada, and I like to approach things from a practical perspective with a knack for providing advice that you’ll find useful.
Use these guides to answer common questions that most beginner chicken keepers have I will steer you from making silly and expensive mistakes.
I will start with obtaining your first birds and touch on daily care, the importance of strong housing, proper feeding and what to expect.
Friendly layers, hardy birds, colorful egg choices, and what matters more than looks.
Ventilation, space, nest boxes, predator pressure, and common layout mistakes.
Excellent feed will consist of grains, legumes, grasses grit, oyster shell, and all the chicken scraps that you can produce.
First eggs come at an average of about 20 weeks from hatching. From there we will examine shell quality and seasonal slowdowns. The information that I can provide about eggs helps you understand what is normal and what is not. There are also changes that come with age, molting season, and life cycles.
Recognizing signs of illness, parasites, injuries, and stress and how to address these issues.
Predator protection from raptors, coyotes, neighborhood dogs, and how to eliminate vulnerabilities.
Useful info and guides for chicken keepers from beginners to the experienced.
I love chicken, keeping I raised chickens for eggs and I keep my hens as they age. I also breed chicks and keep roosters. Sometimes when they’re able to earn their keep, I prefer Hardy birds that can handle the harsh Nevada weather. I am writing this site to share my practical point of view, and I’ll try to avoid all the fluff for your benefit.
I’ve written this site to give a beginner chicken keeper some insights about how to start to raise a flock. Topics are things like housing, feeding chicken, health of your chickens, eggs, predator protection, and some differences between breeds also publish a blog and share current stories and events.
Keeping chickens has given me firsthand knowledge, and I’m able to provide grounded, useful and personal insights that I promise will be helpful to everyone at some point.
A practical and humane look at what old hens still contribute to a working flock.
Not every rooster earns his keep. The good ones improve how a flock moves and settles.
Where scraps help, where they don’t, and how to keep chickens from getting sick from the wrong foods.