As the title suggests I am about to start building a chicken coop. We are planning on getting 10-15 dorking chickens in the spring and I want to build a nice little coop for them.
So far I have a design that is like a rectangular box on its side with a sloped roof. The dimensions are 24 in...
My family( extended included) is trying to really go green right now. Economics what they are plus our North American consumer driven mentality has lead us to wanting to do away with our consumer shackles and discontinue our wasteful ways.
So, this means that not only do we want to have...
I have heard that hens only produce enough eggs to be cost effective for a year. Is this true? Do you all raise new chickens every year in order to keep the eggs coming in?
Do they exist? Preferably I would want one that never crowed, but I could settle for not loud maybe.
Also, how important is a Rooster to laying hens?
Edit:Just realized that this is in the wrong section, sorry about that.