Recent content by theron99

Mine are 5 months old now and getting ready to lay. I just finished my nesting boxes last night because the were doing the super loud bok bok bok beegok sound and you can tell they're getting ready. My barred rock roo has sense made them into little nests and also other corners of the coupe. If...

The guys there said they ordered all laying hens but they are about 90% accurate. They had them all separated by breeds and there were 5 different breeds when I got them. I got three of the each, Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds since I didn't want to get more than six to start. Also, if I...

CbarJ Feed off 32. The get chicks in every Thursday starting last week.

The picture in the above post is from about an hour ago. Here are a couple pics from five days ago when I got them.They grow so fast!

Hello. I'm brand new to this thread. Im a first time BYC person but have reading a lot in the last 6 months we've owned our new house in the mountains, Forest Ranch (12 miles north of Chico, CA). I started with 6 chicks. Three Rhode Island Reds and three Barred Rocks from the local feed store...

Whoops. I meant to put CA for California not CS. :-) thanks for the chart reference.

Just bought our first home! Were on about an acre but in the mountains were it gets pretty cold in the winter. There are a couple good garden areas that get good sun and we'd like to have a chicken coup where they'd stay secured at night but be able to free range during the day as we would...