maine

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, pretty new. I work at a therapeutic preschool and a mother of one of my students gave me chicks this past May. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 16 (3) What breeds do you have? 4 the original chicks I was given...

Above: southern exposure Above: western exposure Above: northern exposure and door to coop Above: inside of coop Hi friends! This is my first winter with chickens. We have only three — two EEs and a New Hampshire Red. Because it’s such a small flock, I’m worried they are more likely to be...

Being new to the idea even of raising chickens, I'm in the learning overload stage. I live in Maine....brrr part of the year, but beautiful all year, doncha know! ....and, snow melts! I will start with 4 that are ready to lay eggs and am putting together the coop so I can have chooks (as they...

A big part of the reason I have layers and am attempting meat birds is so I can control the quality of my food that comes out of them. That means what I put into them needs to be high quality, too. For me, that means soy-free, organic, and lower corn would be nice. Unfortunately, between my job...

With the silver Appleyard ducklings 4 weeks post hatch and HUGE, there was no longer any excuse for delaying the duck house build. The plan is for a 4'x8' elevated duck house attached to a 12'x8' fully enclosed run. We'll post progress pics as we move along, and we're very open to advice and...