Recent content by Bearkiller

Our place is fully fenced so the chickens have been wandering around the yard. I've been putting them up at night. Last night one got out of its pen, apparently, and was dead this morning. We haven't lost any chickens yet. We've had them since March. Not even a chick has died. It was dead next...

Well, my animals are all purpose driven. So rescue isn't something I've considered. I'd planned to use mine for home made dog food when they quit laying.

I have a 12 by 16 coop with an additional 16 by 17 run and only 10 laying hens. I feel like they use way too small of a portion of the area. I had 10 addtional fryers but they have since been butchered. Since we decided that the fryers weren't very cost effective it leaves us with alot of...