Hey everyone,
We are new to chickens as of this year. As it happens, my husband and I were able to purchase 4 Blue Favacuanas chicks from a back yard flock for a very low price. The chicks are about 9 weeks old right. It was not our intention to breed these chicks we simply wanted to mix up...
Hey everyone! We are new to chickens, this being our first year. In May we got 6 Isa Browns that were 4 wks old at the time. Our intention was to add to our flock, so we saw a great deal for 4 wk old black copper marans and favacuanas we purchased 8 of them - 4 each from a back yard flock in...
Hello all. My wife and I have some extra space in our garden, only like 1/5 of an acre or a little less even. We have been thinking of growing some sort of grain our chickens can nibble on. We were leaning towards buckwheat (we have bees coming soon and buckwheat blooms for a month and is a...
So my husband and I are about 2 and half weeks in to being chicken owners. So far it's been awesome and we have already learned a lot. We purchased 7 Isa Browns locally that were about 3 weeks old. The more we learn the more it's becoming clear we want to add a couple different breeds to our...
Hello all. I am between building a coop in the back of our garage and one in the run connected to it. I have a question about lighting. The backroom coop is what we are leaning towards but are concerned about the amount of lighting they would receive. I would have windows to the main part of...
Hello all. My wife and I are new to chickens. We have 7 isa brown chicks and are needing to get a coop up. We have a back section of our garage that would be an ideal space with lots of room and is connected to the run we have set up. The only problem is it is a bit musty. I am wondering...