Recent content by keegen456

Would it be ok to put a poop board and roost over the nest boxes? The wall that the nest boxes are attached to is 6 feet high.

So we are almost done building our chicken coop. I wasn't there the other day and the people helping build the coop ended up building the area for the nest boxes on the floor of the coop. The whole coop is raised up on cinder blocks so we won't have to bend down to get the eggs but will the...

We took the chicks outside today to let them soak in some sun. They had the best time. They really loved rolling around in the dirt!

We have one chicken that is looking rooster like. I guess 1 out of 18 isn't bad :)

We need lots of eggs! Between my family of 6 and my sisters family of 5, we go through at least 6 dozen eggs a week! We had mapped out a 20 x 25 area for the run, and we can adjust the coop to be 9x9.

alright, hopefully it's fixed!

Here are a few pictures of the chicks we got 2 1/2 weeks ago. They are already getting huge! I'll have to take updated pictures tomorrow :)

so for 18 chickens 2sq ft would be 6'x6' right?

So I am a brand new chicken owner. My sister and I decided we really liked the idea of fresh eggs so we jumped into chickens head first by getting 18 chicks. We have them in a brooder now and they are doing fantastic. We plan to make a coop using pallets. The pallets are 36" squared. I was...

Hey guys! My name is Tawnya and my sister and I are starting up a small farm at her house. We have a garden started, we just got a few goats and we got chickens. We are starting out with 18 for now. We got an assortment of chicks from our local hay and feed store. Looking forward to learning all...