Recent content by oldlogansport

So, the babies are starting to not look like babies anymore... And I think we have a couple Roos.

We picked up our six little angels last night at RK, basically one of each variety they had available. They're all snuggled up in the brooder getting bigger and waiting for us to come home and HOLD THEM!!!! Oscar (the chihuahua) is very curious, loving and concerned for them already! So happy...

Here's my new babies!!! Now I just gotta bust my hump finishing the coop!!!

Haven't read the whole thread yet, but checking in from Logansport here!!! We just picked up our first six ladies from Rural King this evening and they're all napping under the infrared in the front room! I'll try and get some pics up but they're on the phone still right now and we're getting...

Bump this again (sorry for the zombie) in hopes for a Wiki page. Wiki would take the stress off of a 'single editor' and allow discussion to occur behind-the-scenes for interested parties. Hoping to begin construction, and really enjoyed the education I've gotten so far from the flegling thread.

Thank you all for the warm welcome and well-wishes! As a question, our new home sits on an acre lot (with my parents' seven acre woodland abutting to the rear) in rural Indiana. We're looking to start just for eggs, so we think just pullets. How many is a good number for a starter flock...

Hola! A (soon to be) newly married couple from North Central Indiana here, very excited to begin our first venture into backyard chickening! I've been reading and researching and dreaming for years and now that my lovely fiance has gotten the chicken bug, we're going to set out into the...