I have rir, barred rocks, bo, and cuckoo marans, I ordered a male chick, I lost a dark chick in shipping, pretty sure it was one of my marans, I ordered a male marans so not sure if I have my rooster, I have one marans chick that I think is my roo but not sure. This chick is four weeks, comb is...
They will also have a fenced free range area about 20ft by 50ft with a hedge of chicken herbs for ten hens and a rooster will be partially covered for shade and winter. So coop is for nights and egg laying mainly
We will be insulating it, putting in two 24 by 24 windows, it has vents in the loft area, it will be going under trees that shade the yard from the West, it the house will block from the east, and trees from the South.
Hey from middle Tennessee, McMinnville currently, moving to Rock Island soon, will have almost half an acre, which means a decent sized garden and chickens!!!! Grew up on a farm in northern oklahoma so not new to chickens, just a little rusty.
We are buying a house with almost half an acre in an unincorporated community, so chickens and a rooo!!!!!
So Excited!!!
Middle Tennessee area.
Have 5 breeds picked out, welsummer, BO, Barnevelder, cuckoo marans, and BB with a welsummer roo.
Thank you!!! My family was very self sufficient when I was growing up and I miss it dearly, being in a city severely limits my options as to how far we can go, but a garden, fruit trees, and a few smaller animals are all within city ordinance so going to do the best I can. Right now I am still...
My name is Debra, I live in a small town in rural Oklahoma, no chickens yet, but working to that end as well as a couple of milk goats, and maybe a couple of rabbits. Really looking to get back to basics and as self sufficient as possible, I would like to eventually get a small homestead but for...