You should have considered informing yourself how much space chickens need before even getting the chickens. Thats like prison for them. I can assure you they are not happy chickens.
After checking out some of the web sites you mentioned I was able to find a map with the beekeeping associations and was thrilled to find a beekeeping association that is only about 30 miles from my home. It is CT not NY, so probably thats why I missed it initially. I will join all their classes...
Thank you again for the reply. I have tried in wain to find a local beekeeping association and I am flabergasted to not have found one in Westchester county. There use to be one but their website has not been updated since 2015 and they did not reply to my emails so I guess they are not...
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I see you are in VT, kind of the same weather as I have in NY at my location. Are you ever ordering packaged bees? If you do what is the best month to do it. I actually end up ordering the packaged bees at the end of March. They are having the VSH...
I am eager to get into beekeeping this year. I ordered today two Langstroth bee hives and I am due to receive them in March. I am planning on getting two 3LB bee boxes with a marked Queen. I am in Westchester, NY and from what I read it is better to get the bees locally, but my searches did not...
I have about 15 chickens and I am leaving them alone sometimes for more then two weeks at the time with nobody checking on them. I have an insulated coop and about one acre enclosure (it's really a paddock with side wire). I have two rain barrels for water with a side cap for drinking that works...
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I would take your 4 guinea fowl, but never had some of this before. how can I make them stay in my coop and not wander around? I am close to Stamford CT