Hi all,
We plan to have as many as 35 laying hens and 1-4 roosters. We have a 30x32 unheated half of an outbuilding with a gravel floor. We are planning on using it for chickens and eventually goats. Here is the design I've come up with so far. It is set in the North-West corner (West is...
I am brooding my chicks in a heated outbuilding not attached to the garage. I noticed tonight that the temp under the heat lamps was 79F (starting week 2) when it was in the 90’s earlier today. Found out the furnace stopped working. It’sa fuel oil furnace and the thing that talks to the...
Hello, and WOW are there a lot of new introductions! We bought our 3.3 acre homestead in October here near the center of the northern Hemisphere. Just got our first batch of 33 baby chicks last Thursday as the snow storm was starting. We bought a variety of chicks for a rainbow of egg colors...