Articles by myfivegirls
One of the Many Benefits of Raising Chickens: Composting with Chickens
Recently delivered 30 yard dumpster of hay, shavings & manure - 8-27-2011
After four months of the chickens working the compost - 12-31-2011
(this picture was taken where those trees are in the first picture)...
Encouraging or Discouraging Broodiness in Your Hens
Since I started to raise chickens in August 2008, I have learned so much valuable information about raising chickens, but I still am learning something new all the time. Some of the best advice has been from this wonderful...
The Corner Coffee Shop Coop
(The color of the paint)
I wanted to share with others what can be done with "scrap" wood that most people would consider "useless". So, if you're short on money, but have lots of odds and ends or "leftovers" from another building project, I hope this will inspire...
The Chicken Tractor for the "Meaties"
In the spring of 2010, I built a chicken tractor for the Cornish Rock Cross meat chickens I was going to raise. Like my coop, I used scrap lumber, except for the 6x6 post that I used for the "axle", and some of the "hardware". The "coop" part of it is...
My Flock
It all started with 5 Red Star pullets that were given to me in 2008.
But, I think it the desire for chickens started when I was a little girl, and I went to visit my dad at work where there were baby chicks in the spring. A few years later, I wanted to visit the county fair's poultry...
My user name is "MyFiveGirls" in memory of my first five chickens
and because when I first joined BYC,
I only had five "girls" and didn't intend on
getting any more than five.
Penny, Fluffy Buns, Honey, Pretty Girl & Peach Bottom
I received them from some friends as a gift in August 2008...