I am going to jump back into raising chickens again. Unfortunately, due to my job, I won't have vacation time to devote to the brooder and coop/run until mid Oct. Many people have told me I should NOT be ordering day old chicks that time of year. I am in zone 7b and rarely get below the teens...
Hi everyone. I'm in the process of designing my coop. It's an elevated 4x8. I have the design done but have been agonizing over what to use on the floor. I want it to be as easy as possible to just wipe clean. But I'm beginning to suffer sensory overload. Don't like the cost of vinyl, paint will...
I was raised on a chicken farm from childhood all the way through teen years. As a kid, raising chickens was a chore (not the first thing a teenager wants to do with his life).
As I've gotten older, and bought 5 acres of land, I'm starting to realize the intrinsic value of owning my own chickens...