Building my first lightweight Chicken Tractor is a work in progress I would like to share so to make it easier to follow I will post the same title in sequential order: hence, this is the 2nd installment on the same subject. Also, I would like to acknowledge and give thanks for the ovations I...
I am a newbie in the BYC world. Almost two months as a member and loving it. For the past month I have been clearing the underbrush from a small grove of aged pines for my chickens. I intend on starting with five hens and a rooster but want to build my stock to 15 or more as I learn to care...
For the past week it has been 15 to 20 degrees below the norm for this area. If it weren't for global warming I suspect we would all be frozen in a giant block of ice. This "Arctic Blast" ( as our local media has named it) has caused some concern about my other animals. While I haven't set up my...
I am very new to all this and therefore have a myriad of questions. Having just retired in March of 2014 I am looking into starting a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) mini farm and raising meat and layer chickens to supplement our produce.
I am not in a hurry to make a mess of things so I...
In introduction, my name is Brian, and she who must be obeyed, hails to Brenda. Brenda became medically disabled in 2009 and I retired just this last March in 2014. Both of us are workoholics. Two months ago we bought a few acres in the Northeast rural section of Griffin, Ga.
I grew up on a...