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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??

REDSOX, thanks for the welcome , I will be having only a few chickens to start with, I will be keeping my chickens in a pen, our village ordinance says they can not be loose ( free range ) , but Im wondering how my male CHOC, LAB ( named FRIDAY ) will react to them , like...

sorry I meant a BROODER , & I am not going to get any ROOSTERS, just hens, I wonder if chickens & turkeys can be raised together ???

I am in the same stage as you, I have built my BROODER , now to start planning my COOP ( chicken tractor ) here in MICHIGAN, I will be ordering my chicks in late FEB, @ Tractor Supply Store, I have the last week off in MARCH for vacation to build my coop, the chicks should be in by then or...

FREDS HENS from AU SABLE , Im wondering what breeds of chickens do you have in this cold climate here in MICHIGAN , you are from MICHIGAN correct ??

HELLO, I am new to Homesteading here in MICHIGAN, my first venue is to start raising chickens in my own back yard, I have just got done building a wooden BROOTER, now to finish my plans of building a CHICKEN TRACTOR to house 3 to 6 chickens , maybe even a Rooster , thanks DAVE from MICHIGAN