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After 3 days, we are beginning to get used to this suburban chicken farmer gig, but there's a ways to go. Our hens came from a farm where they had lots of friends for socializing and room to roam in a fenced in field. One is especially reacting to the closed in space of the 3x6 tractor with...

That wasn't our intro. Maybe not proper to have posted again under New Member Intro, but somehow it seemed appropriate. More news ! I found the first egg just a few minutes ago still warm from the bird ! I don't know which bird it came from, but if I find another today, I'll conclude that we...

Updating- after the urban chickens talk at the Philadelphia Flower Show in February, we decided to have a coupla chickens in a chicken tractor in suburbia. We were promised two red chickens, Rhode Island Red sexlinks, about 6 weeks ago from Skippack Creek Farm, but Joe sent us a message a few...

Imachickendaddy !! We were promised two red chickens, Rhode Island Red sexlinks, about 6 weeks ago from Skippack Creek Farm, but Joe sent us a message a few days ago that he had "miscalculated", and they would not be ready for another two months. So on Wednesday I started looking around for a...

Hello from near Glenside, PA, suburb north of Philly. We were looking to startup with a couple birds in my new chicken tractor about now. We could not find Barred Plymouth Rocks pullets ready in Spring, so are settling for RI Red sexlinks. We expect to pick them up in about 4 weeks from...

Hi from Jennifer and Al. We do some "major" suburban gardening, and Jennifer wanted chickens for some time, but hesitated, based on living in a suburban neighborhood, and not being sure of reactions from neighbors. After attending a talk called "Urban Chickens" at the Philadelphia Flower Show...