Looking to add a few hens to our 7 ladies. Any breed except bantams/silkies, they don't fare very well in our area (first to get picked off by the hawks!). We are in northeastern CT but willing to travel some to pick them up.
I am clearly new to raising chicks and while I have read web/books/mags before buying the chicks, nowhere did it say not to use cedar shavings!!! So, we've had the chicks since last FRi. night and I've put down a thin layer of cedar shavings over newspaper (changed it once). I will run out to...
Looking for about 8-12 chicks. I want to buy locally - but willing to do a little traveling! Breed good for egg laying - mixed batch OK; blk Austra, RI Red, NH, rd/blk star, BO... anything along those lines. Thanks!!