My son and I are feverishly working to complete a 32' long enclosure for our chickens and doves. The dimensions are 22' L x 9' W x 7' H for the covered run that has two levels, which joins a 10' L x 10' W x 7.5' H coop with window and doors on two walls. I can't wait to finish to post photos...
The chicks I got from school are 11-weeks old today. They are SUPER HUGE!!! I swear one of them weighs 15 pounds already. Anyway, we had tropical rains 18 out of 20 days, and these got particularly dirty playing/laying in the mud. So, we bathed them (this is before their baths). Now, we...
I have 22 chicks - 16 of them are seven weeks old, and six I was given last week that are 2 weeks old. This gives me a total of nine breeds - seven of which I (am supposed to) know the breed...the other two are mystery breeds because they were given to me and I haven't found a good place on...
Hello, everyone,
This is my first year with chickens. I live on twenty acres in a rural area outside of Columbia, SC - the area is called Cedar Creek, and it is always seven to ten degrees cooler than surrounding areas. I am trying to become more self-sustaining; for my family's sake...garden...