Recent content by MidMountainFarm

Thank you! That's a thought to do them for a shorter period in the garage. We were hoping to avoid having them in the garage due to the smell and dust, but could potentially swing it for a week or so. Yes, we feel very fortunate to be looking after this patch of land for a while!

Thank you! We're thinking 25 chicks. For the heat plates, Premier One sizes them based on number of chicks, and we thought the medium size (for up to 30 chicks) would be best. I wanted to try to avoid a heat lamp, but could be convinced otherwise. For the insulation, I thought of using rigid...

Hi everyone, I'm new here, and we're preparing to start our chicken journey this summer. We're going with meat chickens - likely Freedom Rangers and Kosher Kings - and will have them on pasture as much as possible. A few questions in planning out our adventure: - Timing: Part of our objective...

New to BYC and raising chickens. We're in the planning phase. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are new to chickens, planning to start our free range broiler flock this spring. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Zero, but planning on 30-50 this...