Happy Memorial Day everyone!
We bought chicks about 9 weeks ago. We thought we were getting all Golden sex-links from IFA, but one little "gal" was yellow while the rest were brown. IFA lady said they just have different color tones. Soon evident that we had a white chicken (we assumed...
Another question from a newbie... We started making plans for our brooder (now hoping to get chicks in mid-March), but the area in our garage is pretty cold (60-70 degrees even under a heat lamp). I know it will be a little warmer in a month, but probably not the recommended 95 degrees for new...
Since it looks like we won't have a coop until around May, just wondering if it will be possible to get some pullets around then? (Am I wrong to assume that it would be a little late to get new chicks then?) I just don't think I want to take on raising chicks in my garage for 3 months...
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Thanks for all the great advice from everyone! This really seems like a great close-knit community.
We live in the Akagi Farm development in Draper, so I'm pretty sure we're limited to 6, but we do have great neighbors and 2/3 of an acre to help give a little more buffer (and no plans for...
Just joined BYC--we are planning our coop right now and plan to get chicks from IFA in February. Since we are in Draper, we had a few questions specifically for those of you in Utah:
Anyone else here from Draper have more than 6 birds? We are thinking about raising 12-15, since 6 isn't...