Recent content by Maeko

I I am interested in 1-2 dozen shipped please message me!

If so that would be remarkable! I've been researching for days and as far as I can tell there are 0 breeders in the US or canada

I know this is a way old Post but I've been looking EVERYWHERE for color runner duck Do you still sell them

Hi!! I'm a chicken newbie but have been around em all my life and we are FINALLY starting a small flock first week of March. Don't even know exactly which breeds yet but I'll be choosing 4 for me and 3 for my mother in law who is also starting out with us! My husband is excited to build 2 coops...

I wanted to go a different route then tractor supply but all the hatcheries and even smaller farms in my area have a10 chick minimum and I'm only allowed 4 on my property and then I'm raising 3 for my MIL at the same time and I don't want to mess with rehoming the others and trying to pick who...

I actually have a question...what age are the pullets usually at tractor supply? Young enough to still need to heat lamp I'm assuming?

I guess that was confusing We are planning on a 4x6 coop now and a 10x5 run now. We will upgrade whenever we have more land and have room for a bigger coop/run/more chickies

Yeah we will cover for sure and we have a lot of raccoons in the area cover and do a solid cover for at least half since we have some pretty intense rain here

Central ohio, pretty urban. We had a raccoon in the area in the summer that was frequently out during the day but he disappeared a bit before fall so I think he was sick but I'm also at home all day and our yard is fenced and we have an Aussie who does a good job of spooking most things. We are...

Oh that's good to know! Australorp is actually one of the breeds in my top 3. Based on comments I think we very well may do 3 or 4. Our zoning requirements as they are we are only allowed to have 4 on our current property. When we get more land in the future I plan to have a much larger flock...

Hi guys, so glad to have a community to work with while I start my flock! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've been around chickens all my life but never had my own, only had my own parrot growing up. Getting started this spring and my mother in law decided to as...