Thanks Blondie! Now I have to see if Mr. PharmD will slaughter them (I hate using that word!) I guess I'll start with the 6 month olds once I've had some time to detox them. They are getting local produced grain, that I'm fermenting thanks to several threads on here.
If I order from a hatchery...
I bought chicks from three different sources this spring, in a hopes to get a variety of breeds. I think I did a horrible job of picking out chicks ;-) because I fear most of them are male.
There are several that I'm 99% are roosters, and I'd like to determine their breed in hopes of finding...
I'm so jealous! The feed bags I can get around here are boring and ugly! I'm going to have to drive to a different town to get a different brand of feed so I can have prettier bags to sew with. I'd love to get some of the paper bags to use in my garden, but nothing seems to come in those...
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I'm looking to get chickens for the first time this spring. I have a makeshift coop that will work until winter, but I'd like to find some free plans for a decent looking coop. My husband and I are pretty handy so we can build one. I'm thinking I need space for at least 6...
This is a great thread! We just bought a new house and it has three chain link dog runs, two of which I was wondering if I could convert into chicken paradise! The dogs runs are attached to a loafing shed, so with some modification I could turn the inside two kennels into a decent temporary...