As I posted in my introduction, I'm only at the beginning of planning my chicken adventure. I also want to start out with just a small number. I was thinking about ordering from Ideal-Poultry, and then fill up whatever will be missing to $20 with ordering one of their books or feeding supplement...
Wow, I had not expected to find so many helpful hints and information here. I will be spending plenty of time browsing through this forum for my planning. And I will make sure to come back once I have my chickens and can contribute some experiences of my own. It can still take at least a few...
Thanks everyone. I still need to think some more about how exactly my chickens are going to live, but you helped me with some good suggestions and information. I'm thinking about just a very small flock of may be around 5 hens to begin with. I have been breeding lots of canaries some years ago...
Hello, I'm a new forum member from Texas. I have been thinking about raising a few chickens in my backyard and have a question that I assume is easy to answer for people who are already raising chickens:
How many days can the chickens reasonably be left alone if I should decide to go on vacation...