Recent content by hausrx

HELLO, how many people live in a city & have local laws that only allow you to have 4 to 6 hens, & a yearly permit to have them on your yard, I DO !!, I am thinking of building a new bigger chicken TRACTOR ( movable ) to house 4 hens in, my last one was 5ft wide x 12ft long x 7 ft...

I was told to keep chicks on STARTER / GROWER for 8 weeks, but to introduce SCRATCH at 5 weeks, & add MESH or CRACKED CORN @ 6 weeks old,

ya I know what you mean as to a start up chicken herd, being more costly , as for my Idea of building a inexspensive BROODER & small chicken coop on wheels, has gotten bigger & more costly than I thought, but Im 4 weeks into raising baby chicks (8 of them ) as I finish up finishing touches on...

I have herd from a friend of mine , that there grandma used to spray AMONIA about 2 ft all around the outside of the coop & fenced in area , about every 2 weeks to help keep there dogs & other predators away from the chickens

I have 6 GREY leghorns & 2 Black Jersey Giants , only 4 weeks old, all of them are pullets

now I need to make a temporary pen so they can walk in the grass from walking directly from the home made brooder I made, till I finish my chicken tractor for them

whats the point of using white or filter sand verses using clean dirt ??

today @ 12 30 pm I came home from driving all night , i see my wife opened up the garage door so the 4 week old chicks could look out from there BROODER, so I did 1 better , I moved the BROODER out side so they can get fresh air & see what I was doing to there new CHICKEN TRACTOR , that they...

what does DE stand for ??

I knew about WHITE LEGHORNS with large eggs & plenty of the , ( 250 - 300 ) eggs per year, do you know if other leghorns are white egg layers also ?? I know that RHODE ISLAND REDS are large BROWN egg layers , are R I Reds also broody ??

I am going to get 8 LEGHORN as my first chicks to raise , are WHITE leghorns often called RHODE ISLAND WHITES as a nick name ?? ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES as to raising leghorns ??

if just starting out , I would not do any eggs, you can but 1 day old to 2 weeks old chicks from most feed stores till late APRIL or even early MAY, with a little RESEARCH ( internet ) & BOOKS, you can build a small coop in 2 to 5 days, I am building a 5 x 12 coop , over 3/4 done in 2 days by...

what is BIG R ??

Im in a simular situation as you , but I planned ahead, I m going to build a chicken tractor ( moveable ) from a old dog house ( 3ft x 5 ft ) that doesnt get used anymore, but I did build my BROODER in my garage first, several weeks ago, the chicks can grow next several weeks in the BROODER as...

where are you located here in MICHIGAN??