I am so lucky to have neighbors who love my chickens as much as we do and take fantastic care of them for me on an occasional weekend trip. They don't eat many eggs but haven't had to buy an egg since mine started laying. I wouldn't trust my Girls with anyone else.
$750.00 for supply's to build a Chicken Castle.
$30.00 for Day old Chicks.
$80 for Chicken Feed, Feeders and assorted waterer's.
Having your Pets make your Breakfast Priceless......
Got my First Eggs this morning 20 week old Cinnamon Queens.
Cackle's store is nuthin to crow about they sometimes have chicks out front but most everything goes on in a backroom. I can say that they are the nicest people I have ever dealt with around here.
It all started for me when I convinced my Wife and myself that if we could keep 2 kids alive and happy a couple chickens should be easy. That was about 4 months ago. With info from BYC Forum I got a brooder ready and we went down to Cackle Hatchery (Unfortunately just 6 blocks from home) I...
My Big Girls are 3 months old and my Little Girls are a month old. Yesterday I put the little ones in a pen just outside the Big Girls run. They all were very interested in each other for the first little bit but then mostly ignored each other. This morning I let out the Big Girls to free range...
My Girls recently found a hole in the fence that I didn't know about behind some bushes. When I saw them in the neighbors yard I panicked, I didn't want to bother the neighbors and didn't know how to get the girls back home. Although not trained yet to come when called I brought out their feed...
I use a leaf rake being careful to not push them with it just keeping it behind them to keep them motivated to go in the right direction. The Bamboo stick idea is the same without tines.