Recent content by wannabeefarmer

Im in gallia county! Part of meigs county. Im about 15 minutes from the wv border. New to chickens. Getting my first laying flock in 2 weeks. Im very excited. Someone told me its law that if you live in ohio and have chickens you have to have at least one buckeye in your flock?

Thats smart a seperate box i can do that!

Black australorps, sussex and orpingtons sound like the chickens i may end up settling with. Theyre all cold and heat hardy and generally the best layers. They all seem to be the ones most satisfied being not free range. I was looking at easter eggers but they seem to be les sproductive then most.

I totally know what you mean but allow me to explain. The barn isnt a barn as in a big red closed off barn of sorts. It is alwaus open as we dont have doors. I wish i had a picture. It is all open and literally has a special designed "stall" if you call it that for chickens. We have cyotes that...

I looove easter eggers! Im definately get one! Thank you for the recommendation ill research all of them!

Im new to all this recently moved onto a farm. My small flock of 5 or so chickens will be picked out in the spring. Im starting from chicks so i can raise them accustomed to my daughter and i. They will be in a stall in a barn most of the time seeing as we live on 500+ acres and dont wish them...

If i do decide on a roo should i get an older one? So i can see if it has aggression issues? I dont want to cause my hens stress

Really? Oh man idk what to do :/ my father in law said he had roosters to protect the hens but he always had 50+ chickens not just a couple.

Amina: i have wood floorboards too so im not sure how well it would work coup wise and i really want to do the compost stuff too. Where you only replace it twice a year? Two crows: thanks so much for the lists! I definately need docile birds. Amina again: i was told by my father in law that...

Hi! Im new to all of this. I moved from california to ohio this summer and we have a working farm. My in laws used to have checkens but havent in a long time. They like pigs and steer more. My goal is to be ready to have my first small flock (4 and a rooster?) This spring. Ill be getting them...