I am getting back into raising chickens after all but 2 of my last flock were killed off by predators. I went to tsc today and got 4 straight run leghorns, 4 straight run reds, and 6 unkown out of the pullet bin. I want to keep around 10-12 layers with 1 rooster. I am in south Georgia so the...
so my chicks are about a month old now, today I saw them sparring a little. 2 of them would look at each other then jump up once or twice while flapping thier wings. no contact, they just jump up once or twice then both turn and go back to scratching around. It was pretty cool to watch
When I move my chicks outside Im going to be putting them in a old rabbit pen we had that was a rabbit pen until I get my coop built. My question is the pen has a wire floor in it. how old would they need to be so thier feet do not get messed up by the wire. Im in South GA so temp should not be...
lol just got my chicks today, and have been thinking about what kind of coop Im going to build for them, but in the past 2 days Ive been thinking about this, the size has increased twice! I am running out of room at 8x8 so hopefully I will stay with this, that will still leave me a little...
Hi all, been reading up the past few days and today i bought 13 little chicks from tsc. 10 were supposed to be red pullets, so we will see. the other 3 are some kind of yellow chicks that were straight run. got them set up for now but think i need a bigger brooder, using a old fish tank atm that...
Hello all, been lurking a few days reading, just signed up and started posting. Im down in South Ga, and completely new to chickens. My son and I just went to tractor supply and picked up 13 little chicks, my kids are loving them! If not for what I have read on this forum I wouldnt have had a...