I live in central PA. Our winters get to 0º F and our summers get to 100ºF ... I want to add to my flock of 4 (1 Barred Rock, 3 Buff Rocks - chosen by someone else) ... should I be aiming at cold hardy or heat hardy??
Thanks :)
My four girls (buff rocks & barred rock) are at 20 weeks. Their coop & run is entirely shaded by our house & 8ft high bushes and our deck/their roof... they get light (you can see the sky from their coop/run), but no direct sunlight. No eggs yet ... do I need to do some serious pruning? They may...
As a new chick owner (4 babies) I am doing all kinds of research ... and among my questions is:
Should feeder & waterer be in the coop or the run? Why??
G'day folks,
We welcomed 4 chicks home last night ... 1 Araucana/Easter Egger, 2 Buff Rocks, 1 Barred Rock, all girls - at least we think!
They settled in well to a brooder in a 40 gallon tote box in our dining room. My kids (7 & 8) are thrilled to bits!
We've got 5 weeks to build the coop I...