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We were very fortunate to have coops, barns and fenced-in areas all built when we moved in 3 1/2 years ago.There was also a lot of fencing lying around to make the necessary repairs, so our only initial expense was $2.99 plus tax each for 6 chicks. We kept them in a box in the mud room until...

Your chickens look a lot like 6 I got at Tractor Supply. They were supposed to be Reds! At the county fair in Greensboro, NC, I saw some that looked like mine. They were labeled Brahmas. They are very sweet and excellent layers.

Eden, Rockingham Co., on the VA line

Thanks, y'all (as they like to say down here) Spent most of yesterday double-fencing, putting up boards. Even though my wife and I go to aerobics 3 times a week, my back ached this morning! Second Saturday of the month The tractor Supply hosts a parking lot critter swap. Think we'll mosey on...

When I clean out the hen barn, I always toss the hay/manure mix on my gardens. Most of it is old, but some, of course, is fresh. Since I put it on in the late winter/early spring it has a chance to age further. Then I let the chickens in to dig it in and spread it around. I've never been...

We've been raising chickens wherever we've lived--except Mexico. We've experienced a lot of predator problems, including one eagle we surprised just as it was killing one of our RI Reds. Lately it has been raccoons, so I am refortifying Fort McChicken. We've got only 8 hens now--no roosters...