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This is my silkie Rooster snuggling up with his new Delaware babies. You can see one tucked under him in front, and one poking out in the rear.

It's just posts from Lowes/Home Depot. They are called U-posts. There are attachments if you decide to use chicken wire. I used rabbit fencing and bought some wire to attach it to the posts with. The posts are about $2.00 each, and the 50ft roll of fence cost about $30. The rabbit fencing...

I am looking into putting a powered vent/exhaust fan in my coops just to either blow fresh air in, or suck the stale air out. I do have windows but would like to put additional powered venting in as well. I saw these online, and was wondering if anyone else has used any of them, either in...

This is my white silkie rooster caring for his two Delaware chicks. You can see one under his front end and one poking out behind him. They are now almost full grown, and almost the same size as him, but they all still travel together and bed down together. It's the sweetest thing to see them...

I live in Oswego, NY, which is just north of Syracuse, NY. I'm looking for any resources/sources of local feed mills, or another source of feed other than Tractor Supply in this general area. I'm okay with the feed at Tractor Supply, but I would like to change it up a bit if possible. The...

This is a photo of my White Silkie Rooster. Recently, I moved him into my new coop along with two Delaware chicks. The two chicks took to him like he was their mama. As you can tell in this picture, they snuggle under him, in the front and the back. Is this common for silkie roosters too? I...

As I have already read, once you get a few chickens, you gotta have more! I already had one small coop for my layer flock (you can see it to the left of this new coop), and I really wanted to put up a larger coop to house meat chickens. My first coop I bought from a gentleman in Pennsylvania...

Looks great. I may use this as a basis for my new coop I'm going to build. Thanks.

Hello, I'm Dan from Oswego, NY. I've been raising my chickens for a little less than a year now. I've got too White Silkie Roosters that are now grown, and 6 Red Star Hens, that are my layers. I live on the outskirts of the city, but almost in the country, so i have my coop and a penned in area...