Awesome--thank you so much for this info! Anytime we do things for the first time, we all need positive encouragement; and of course as much info as we can absorb. Thanks for taking the time to leave this info!!
I am 55yo animal/outdoor/gardener/gonna do-it-myself person with 3 kids (20, 16, 15), husband, 2 dogs on 3 acres in kinda suburbia St. Louis. Have been thinking chickens for a couple of years, decided to pull the trigger. Was going to get chicks next spring, but due to a minor surgery, found...