Articles by GeneJordan
So yesterday, I go rummaging through my shed for scrap wood to make the brooder. I figure my chicks will hatch around the 20th, and we need to be ready to prepare them for the coop. I made the cuts for a 2'x2' frame.
Then a piece of plywood was cut for the Brooder Base.
I then brought the base...
So one day my wife and I are driving down the road, and I say to her "there is something I want to do, but you got to promise not to laugh". She tells me she wouldn't laugh, but I know that this is so totally out of character for me. I am the preverbal computer geek, who likes his electronic...
Well it looks like winter is finally past us, and we can start working outside.
When I first told Mary that I wanted to raise chickens, She replied, "well I want a goat"
We found a place out in Eunice, Louisiana that had 3 baby goats to choose from. It didn't take long for Mary to pick out her...
Yesterday, Mary and I started on the Chicken Run, and had it done by day's end. All there is to do is add the wire fencing to the top to keep hawks out. You can see the roll on the ground ready to go.
The run is made with 4x4x8 PT Posts set 6 feet apart, and sunk in the ground 9 inches. They...