So yesterday I responded to one of those 5 dollar chicken Craigs list ads. I was hoping to get a couple of pullets to add to my flock. It was not exactly the experience I was expecting. My wife and I were met by a really nice lady who had A LOT of chickens. Apparently just about every bird she...
So my wife and I grind our own wheat and bake our own bread. This means I have lots of wheat to make into fodder for our chickens. It also means people occasionally gone its there old food storage wheat that people don't know what to do with.
So we just got 60 lbs of wheat from someone who...
So after researching a ton of coop designs I built this for our six chickens.
It is 4x6 and we will have a 10 x 15 run.(still needs a roof.)
So I happen to manage a paint store and one of my employees happened to mis-tint some industrial urethane
which is designed to hold up to crude...
So I am completely new to this chicken raising thing. Got my first batch a little over a week ago. I have them in a brooder in my laundry room temp sits right about 90 in there. Every one seems healthy eating drinking pooping well. Yesterday I took them outside and let them run around in a 4 by...
So my wife and I just got our first chicks. I have raised chuckers and quail before and I've had friends raise chickens but this is my first time. Very excited...