Thank you again for all the information. You seem to be very knowledgeable about chickens!! My husband is at Lowe's right now buying the wire needed to fence a large area off in our backyard so our two girls can free range out there while I'm home all day. He's going to also put some wire on top...
Thank you SO much for the compliments!! I didn't know about he Gatorade!! YES BOTH of them pant at times!! But esp Olivia!! How much Gatorade do I put in the water?? I have a 3 qt "drinker" with the chicken nipple on it..?? I will buy Gatorade tomorrow if you'll just tell me how much to add to...
Sylvester 017,
Thank you for all that information!! I gave it all to my husband and his wheels are turning as I write this. Basically what I'm thinking is that we need to have an enclosed outdoor area that's wired in BUT it ALSO needs to have an enclosed area with some type of roof for their...
Wow that's great information.. thank you. I'm SO sorry but I have no idea what you meant by a "tractor"?? We live in a housing subdivision in the middle of the suburbs so that type thing is like Chinese to me. I take them out to this enclosed pen in the morning or afternoon.. and they peck...
Sylvester017,
They DO get some free range time but only when I'm able to be there too watch them. Yes I AM afraid of ANY type predator getting my girls!! We have a large wire pen we put them in so they cannot have free run of the entire yard, yet are STILL able to peck around in the grass and...
Sylvester017,
Thanks for the kind complements!! Fortunately the coop is inside our lanai which is all screened in as well as a two foot block wall all around the bottom. So we only have to worry when it REALLY rains hard or when it rains sideways at an angle and for those times we do have a big...
Mine is just a little coop as I only have two hens. I'm a first time chicken owner and I never thought I'd love a chicken as much as I do my two girls!! What GREAT pets.. So sweet, so much fun to watch. I'm just in love with my "girls"!!!! Btw, my first picture was taken when the coop was first...