Greetings BYC!
I get so much great info from you guys, and I wanted to share my own solution to a problem that was making me uneasy.
I'm new to keeping chickens. We have raccoons visiting our yard every evening raiding the bird feeders, so I wanted the most secure coop I could find. I...
Thank you, BYC! I was able to hatch some eggs to start my small flock, largely due to all of the great information here in the BYC forums. Here are a few pics from my hatch:
Eggs in the bator
a pip!!
zipped!
newly hatched
babies in the brooder
My german shepherd is fascinated with our new additions. She lays by the pen for hours, "talking" softly - probably whispering threats to the little dinosaurs. My kids say she's making menu plans.