Recent content by karenw

Thanks WoodlandWoman. That was very good advice indeed. I will contact my Department of Agriculture here and see what they say. That is what I am most worried about - if they just decide to do what they did in CA. I live in South Carolina (my husband is originally from Wisconsin by the...

Hi. I have 2 parrots, an African Grey and a Greencheek conure (Bubba and Chi). I have always wanted to have a small flock of chickens (3 or 4) as pets and for eggs. I am probably being majorly paranoid here but the parrots are like my children so I want to make sure of this before I go to...

Hi everyone. I finally picked out a coop plan which is the garden stationary coop at this link: http://www.thegardencoop.com/ I will probably expand the run area a bit to provide the hens with a little more room. What do you think of this coop? Now my question is where to put the coop. I...

Thanks Nadine. I will take a look at your page and PM you. I live in Chapin so sort of between the upstate and midlands and our weather is a mix of the two.

Thanks for your replies. I live in South Carolina so our winters here are not so bad. We may occasionally get snow and ice but very rarely. I live on 11 acres in the country so I don't really have a yard that I am worried about. My house is in the middle of the woods.

Hi. I am new to the board and I will be getting 2 Easter Egger hens and 2 Dominique hens in spring. The area I live in has a lot of aerial predators such as hawks and owls so I know if I let them free range I have a good chance of losing them to these predators. I also have opossum, raccoon...