Posts by KenLamWV

Welcome to our WV page. There is a couple of places I know of in the area. There is Southern States in Clarksburg and there is Farmer's Delight in Grafton. I have only bought my feed at TSC so I don't know what the different prices there...

Well designed and it looks great. This is definately an idea stealer. Congrats

Since I ran power to my coop, I initially put a brooder light in there for heat since it was just in the middle of spring when they went to their big girl home. I wanted to turn the light off when it was sunny out, so I bought a 24 hour...

Nope, the rooster will help protect his flock, but his main purpose is if you want fertilized eggs for more chicks. So if you just want the eggs for consumption, No rooster is needed.

I like how you repurposed the loading ramp as the ramp for the chicken run. Ingenious!!!

Mine got a few handfuls of scratch and a whole lot of potato bugs the neighbors picked from their garden.

Just make you have enough space for the birds. From what I have read and made sure I was OK myself, a fully grown chicken needs approximately 4 sqft of space per bird (4 x 10 RIR=40sqft). I made my coop like the red one above but I stick...

Well Catherine, we have our Tractor Supply in Eastpointe (Clarksburg/Bridgeport). Maybe a chickenstock could be started here too. Its perfectly situated in the middle of the state on the Northern side.  I'm way too new in the hobby...

Not sure what to do but if you have power and a brooder lamp, could you put one of those in the vicinity to help warm the area. Might help out til someone else posts.

Well my 10 week old chickens have been in their coop for about a week or two. I try to let them out of their run everyday and sometimes if I am home, I will put them in my 5x10 chicken tractor and leave them out for a while. Too many...