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I have these things on the list, not including the wood chip bedding/flooring(What kind should I use?), medicated chick crumbles, waterer, and feeder. This is for 4 Jersey Giant Chicks.
Big enough brooder box...
I am ordering 4 Jersey Giant Hens online from California Hatchery. I have already built the chicken coop, and I just need to finish the door. I have a 10 gallon aquarium tank I can use to raise them. I have some questions though.
How long should I keep them in the brooder for?
Will this heat...
I want to have 25 RIR Hens, 25 JG Hens, 3 RIR Roosters, and 3 JG Roosters. Well, would some of the RIR Roosters mate with the JG Hens, and some of the JG Roosters mate with the RIR Hens? I will also have 3 male RP Guinea fowl, and 1 male goose, and a female goose. Would the Guinea fowl also try...
I've always liked the look of the large brown goose with the knob on it's beak, but there is two kinds that I can choose from, the Brown Chinese, and the Brown African. Help me decide?
I want to buy a male, and a female goose to keep in a chicken coop with 25 Rhode Island Red Hens, 25 Black...
I want to get 25 Rhode Island Red Hens, 25 Black "Jersey" Giant Hens, 3 Rhode Island Red Roosters, 3 Black "Jersey" Giant Roosters, AND 3 male Royal Purple Guinea Fowl... the Roos to protect the flock, and the guineas to eat ticks near my Nubian/Boer/Pygmy goats, and to kill snakes. Would the 3...
I want to get 25 Rhode Island Red Hens, and 25 Black Giant Hens, and 3 RIR Roosters, 3 BG Roosters, and 3 Male Royal Purple Guineafowl for protection... But RIR and JG require different needs, such as roost height(I just want to cut a wooden ladder and place it on the sides diagonally), nesting...