I'm curious if anyone knows anything about farming fish and raising chicken at the same time. I know it sounds kinda weird but I've read a few things about people letting the chickens poop into the fish ponds, which in turn feeds the plankton which the fish (cat fish, trout, tilapia) feed on...
Got my chicks today..Here's the pix!
And another:
1 Barred Rock (named Mother Clucker), One New Hampshire Red, and 2 Easter Eggers (one named Honey Bunny).
The names are the kids ideas, guess which one is the suggestion of a 10 year old boy and a four year old girl?
Got me a few chicks today....Barred Rock, NH Red, and an EE'r. Yeah, waiting now for my four year old daughter to get home, she more excited than I am....
Next week I'm going to the local feed store and picking up 3 or 4 day olds. I got me a waterer and a feeder, a light. But now I'm looking into obtaining a box to rear them in. How big of a box should I use? Could I make a cage out of the 1" hex fencing I bought for when I make the coop or...
Well, I'm getting ready to get a few pullets in the next month or two and I'm kinda overloaded with all the info out there on what to get...so many choices and I can only have a max of three without involving city hall, so I'm looking for a little advice.
My choice in breed needs to be a...
First let me say thanks for the forums and all the info here. I'm finding it all very helpful as I plan for my small flock of hens on my urban lot this spring. I currently am using the square foot/ raised bed method for my veggies and am looking to expand my garden space when I build the coop...
Well starting to do some research for getting some chics this spring. I think they'll be a welcome addition to my expanding garden. I have little to no experience with chickens (other than killing a few on my grandfathers farm when I was 12 in some sorta rite of passage thingy he felt was...