I paid $75 TOTAL for the lumber, shingles, sealed hot tub, pallets, and logs. It is ready to go, but some parts are temporary and still under construction.
I found this beauty on Craigslist today. Already sealed up, as the previous owner used it for an aquaponics system. Has a drain already built in, and our garden is on the other side of the fence in the picture. I am going to connect the drain to some PVC, and rig some type of drainage to water...
She had a minor leg injury (I believe it to be minor as it went away within a week) that has since healed. She is a bit smaller than the others her age. She does eat and drink, although I would say not as often.
I have 4 RIR around 6 months old. One of them has become lethargic recently. Also, she has developed a new side-effect recently: her feathers are turning white. Do you guys have any idea what this is?!?!
I bought 4 Americauna chicks about a month ago. They were supposed to be 2 weeks old at that time, so we are floating somewhere around 6 weeks, give or take a couple of days. My question is....is one of them a rooster?
His(her) tail feathers stick up MUCH further when sitting, standing...
To be fair, I purchased the largest feeder/waterer that I could find when setting everything up, so that may help distort the visual relations there in those pictures. Just to reassure you, I have included pictures with measurements!
Thanks for all the input so far! I think I am at the limit for chickens right now, until I add on to their living space. I provided some really bad pictures before. Check these out, and let me know what you think.
There are two coops, one I built and the other was purchased from ACE Hardware...
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My name is David, and my wife and I decided to start raising a flock of our own 2 months ago. We started with 5 Rhode Island Reds that were 5 months old at the time. This would make them roughly 7 months now. They haven't started laying yet. They were having a hard time breathing...