Recent content by Florida4evr

Thank you for taking the time to respond to me. Yes, I kind of figured that out by looking at the hutch. I bought one that the entire roof is on latches that can swing upwards exposing the entire inside. We planned on keeping it propped open with arms giving it maybe a 6 inch crack opening...

Good to know. She is going to send me video and FaceTime. Learning every day.

Again thank you! I'm not sure about the 5 hens now because they don't want us to go to their farm. They want us to meet them at a store. I want to see if they were raised in a healthy clean disease free environment. Does that sound unreasonable? First time buying birds. I'm thinking maybe...

Gosh oops on the math...thank you for your very helpful suggestions. Especially about the perimeter walls. The run is 6 feet x 10 feet. Do you think that is too narrow? My build isn't complete and I found someone on FB selling mix breed group of 5 hens that have grown up together for $25 a...

I am not too far from Ocala. I am looking for older hens for eggs. Are they laying still?

In my neighborhood we cannot have a rooster, so we are looking for Hens. I would prefer buying them older than babies. I have never raised a chick. Thank you for the suggestion regarding the Pine pellets and the run walls information. I have been watching YouTube and these are some of my...

Good morning BYC Vets, We are starting our 1st Backyard Hen House. We live in Mount Dora, Lake County, Florida. We live in a residential area on a half acre property. The County allows us up to 5 hens and no roosters. ODOR MGMT IS A MUST! We are building a 6 x 10 hen run with a 4 nest chicken...

I am a newbie and researching the same method. These videos were very informative.

Hello CFLRanching, Thank you for your response. We are in Mount Dora, in Unincorporated Lake County. Turns out we don't need a permit. We are allowed 5 hens, no roosters. I do not know where to buy them. We just ordered a 6ft x 10ft. Run and a hutch with 4 nests. We are expecting delivery...

Hello, I have a half acre property in Central Florida and would like some backyard chickens just for eggs for my husband and I. We began a veggies garden last year and through a lot of trial and error we are now producing our groceries minus the meats. We feel in love with being self...