Recent content by Escobear

Thanks for the advice. I still have some time before I need to get ready for winter, but it's good to know what to expect. It looks like if I had 4 in this coop, that they would have about 3 square feet each. Thanks again.

So I'm new to this chicken keeping hobby and have a few questions. My wife, who I finally convinced to let me keep chickens, went out and bought me this coop http://buffalo.craigslist.org/grq/3680563960.html. I know one of the first things that people will say is "build your own" and...

I'm right outside of East Aurora, about 20 mins south of Buffalo.

I got a line on a Comet, Wyandotte, and Australorp from Craigslist. I'm just hoping they're still available in May. This is going to be a long month of waiting...

Since we're only going to have a few, I wanted to get four different breeds. I was looking at a Wyandotte, Australorp, and Red Comet. I wanted to get an Ameraucana too if I could find one. My family and I are going out of town at the end of April, so we wanted to wait until we get back in May...

Haha. Were planning on just raising hens for their eggs right now. Once we get our feet wet with that, maybe I'll think about raising some for butchering.

Hi all. New to the forum and new to raising chickens. I just got a 4 chicken coop and I'm working on getting some contacts to start building my flock. I'm right outside of East Aurora, south of Buffalo.

Hi, First off, I can't describe how excited I am about raising chickens. I live just south of Buffalo New York and have been wanting to raise chickens for a while now. Recently, my wife's cousin's husband came home with three chicks, but they were not welcome at their house. My wife went out...