Well my OH and I have only been at this for a little over a month. Got ourselves 8 'red' chickens between 1-2 yrs old. The fellow that had them is in the egg laying business and was getting rid of the older ones and replacing them with younger hens. At $2 a piece ... well ... how could you...
Hmm ... we've only had these girls for a week and, up until today, I've had their food outside in the coop with them. However, last night found a 'lovely' big raccoon happily munching away on what was left of the dog crunchies on the back porch. Yikes!! The girls are safely locked up at night...
On Sunday my husband brought home eight 2 yr old chickens (Star's I believe from the chicken breed info I read on this forum) so am brand new to the 'chicken life'. Thanks to this forum for a lot of really great info already! Thanks to reading many of the great posts, I was able to find answers...