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So in prep for Hurricane Irene I was going through options in my head to protect the little flock. Was considering bringing the coop into the garage but it is pretty involved to move it. Anyway, I had some extra plywood hanging aroung so I threw up a makeshift Chicken Hurricane Shelter in the...

Glad to have you on the list.

Greetings McTurken, I have to say, being new to most of this, I had to look up turken. Sounds like they are a great breed to have. Just getting started in Wilmington. I have 2 Black Minorca's and 2 Barred Rocks that are about a month old and I just got two black sex links Friday that are...

Nice to meet you. I have 4 chicks that are about three weeks old. First time for me but all is well thus far.

Solarity, I too am fairly new to the site but it is incredibly helpful and incredibly addictive. Use the search box. I have had tons of questions too and have yet to have a question for which I couldn't do a search and find about 100 strings that contained info to help answer my questions...

If you are a newby and don't have any egg laying hens and you have chicks that you are raising to be egg layers, can you start to save the egg shells from the eggs you buy in the store so that you have a good supply of egg shells when the time comes for them to need more calcium in their diets...

Great Pics, I am just browsing around baby chicks trying to glean more info before I take the plunge. Shooting for early March to take on my first batch of baby chicks.

Hi All, I am new but wanted to start this post to see if we could get those of us in South East NC in one string so that if we needed face to face help with things we could try to work something out with maybe the PM function. I live in Wilmington North Carolina. I am going to throw in a...

Quote: this is very true. You don't want to end up with someone else's problem. there are hatcheries that sell 17-18 week pullets. meyers has some production breeds; white leghorn and sex link pullets. This is sort of what I was expecting but always nice to get some reinforcement from those...

So I am in the prep stage of getting ready for chickens. Never had them before but have been doing all the "right" things to get ready. I am in good shape with coop/run setup. I have now learned that it could be between 20 - 30 weeks before hens start laying eggs (correct me if I'm wrong). I...

I'm another newby. I will be interested in the same question.

Hey Y'all, New here on the site but wanted to check this thread and see if any of you might could point me in the direction of some local suppliers in SE NC. I am in Wilmington but don't mind going for a little ride. I am looking for 5 or 6 egg laying hens that are a few months old. Don't...

I am very new to all this, as in I am still in the prep stage and haven't yet purchased my birds. Planning on doing such in the next month or so. Any thoughts on starting to stock up on shells from the "store bought" eggs we are eating now or should I shy away from feeding them the shells from...

Hi All, I have spent a few hours looking over the site and it looks like just what I was looking for. First got the chicken fever about 6 months ago but had too much going on at the end of the summer to get in the game. Have been planning and preparing over the winter and looking forward to...