I received my Bresse chicks this past Wednesday. I guess the weather did a number on the poor chicks that were sent to me. Out of twenty chicks shipped only nine made the trip successfully. I have lost another one since so I'm down to eight. It seems like he survivors are very active and...
I am in the process of building a coop/run. I am learning that you can make it more like a condo than a coop or vice versa. It all depends on how much that you want to put into building the coop with materials and effort. Buying the basic necessities can get expensive if you're building is going...
Over the last few days I have been thinking of building a chicken processing table. Most fish cleaning tables have a couple of inches of clearance at the back of the tabletop and in front of the backslash so that you can flush fish entrails over the edge and into the water with a water hose and...
I've been working hard getting this cage/brooder ready for chickens or brooding chicks so that I can get back to my chicken raising! I had some help starting on the chicken coop/run and we have most of the posts set but we ran into a snag that's going to keep me from finishing as soon as I...
Hi,
I live in South Texas on Baffin Bay and have raised chickens for many years throughout my life and started when I was around 7 years old. I always had the healthiest, friendliest chickens and have always enjoyed having fresh eggs. This go round I will be looking at dual purpose chickens...