About 3 years ago our family moved out to the country and live on 10 acres. We had talked about doing different types of homesteading activities and near the top of the list was raising chickens. Several of our neighbors have them so we asked lots of questions, saw how they did things, and I did...
Hi. I have 2 Salmon Favorole chicks that were hatched on 10/5 and shipped from a hatchery (My Pet Chicken). They have pretty different coloring with one being much darker so I’m wondering if Gerta isn’t a roo. Thanks!
So I moved the chicks to their new brooder today. It is a puppy play pen with removable top and bottom. Back in the garage due to space and it should be cooling off this week enough that they won’t be too hot in there. Gave them a little baby roost to play on and hung some vertical nipple...
Hi! My husband and I along with our 3 kids (11,8,6) live on 10 acres in the beautiful Midwest. We are just starting out on our more sustainable life. One of our first steps is to get chickens! We are starting out with 12 and a beautiful chicken mansion built by my father in law. Looking forward...
Sorry, long first time newbie post! We moved out to the country a couple of years ago. This year we were finally settled enough to start getting the chickens we wanted. I had planned on waiting until spring, but with how crazy everything is in the world lately, I decided (after much research) to...