Hey neighbor!! I'm a born & raised Bay Area local and we moved here to Manatee Co. (Bradenton) about a year ago. My wife was raised out here so when I lost my job we decided a change was necessary and would rather raise our kids out here. We too have just embarked on the adventure of chicken...
So, we have 4 BR's that are 5 wks old. They have been living in our garage for a month because the store we bought them at said it was necessary. They free range in our backyard in the day but hop the fence at dusk to go inside.
I am going to build them a coop today. I was thinking a 5' wide...
Greetings all!
We are new to having chickens. We bought 4 Barred Rocks from a local feed store when they were about a week old-which would make them about 5 wk old now. We were told to expect to lose 1 or 2 but hasn't happened so we're pretty pleased about that. They are getting big fast and...