I just finished building a 4'x8' Chicken tractor with a 4'x4' upper enclosed coop with solid floor and pine-shavings. I am adding a Cozy-Coop mounted on the wall for those cold nights.
We have 28, five week old chicks (12 Austalorp Pullets in one brooder, and 9 New Hampshire Red Pullets, with7...
I am noticing (I think this was somewhat of an issue last year also) that out chicks are dumping almost half of their food on the floor of the brooder from scratching it out of the feeders; this food is mostly a wasted then. I have been told/heard to not worry about leaving the food on the...
Farm Store came up short on our Pullet Chic order and threw in 7 free Mystery Cockerels.
You can see the Boys here in these pics with the dots on their heads (they came with a blue'ish black dots); I took a red Sharpie and marked their heads to hopefully keep telling them apart. They girls...
Hello. Just a newer hobby farm chicken wrangler here.
We got 9 Autralorps Pullets from our local co-op farm store this past spring (2019) and raised them last year. Built them a overbuilt coop. They have been great. Really easy care and maintenance, with a deep litter method, and all 9...