Hello it is possible that i misinterpreted the context of her advice. For that i am sorry. But without knowing all details i ask questions to gain them before giving advice. Again my apologies and i believe the only feathers that should be ruffled are that of the chicks. We do welcome all advice...
Hello at lazy gardener. I just wanna say that the pic your looking at is the eastern side of my yard. The coops will be at the northern end near the woods and facing south for more heat and sun in the colder months. I have 2 coops identical for my birds (since we intended on 3 to 4 chicks but...
Not too far at the baldwinsville tsc its a 6 minimum. Also we were at runnings last night and they also have a 6 chick minimum but had a great selection of bird breeds in stock. So frustrated we bought from tsc but the kids saw the chicks and it was hard to say no to their faces
Hello fellow new chicken upstate new yorkers here. We are located about a half hour west of syracuse. We picked 6 rhode island reds and a coop. We were hoping to get other breeds but tsc hoodwinked us.lol. so we are learn as we go.so our biggest concern so far is the winters. So any advice...
Figure i will add to this rant. Hello everyone my family and i are new to byc but we are loving our baby chicks (2-3 weeks old) we purchased them from tsc and they got us with the buy 6 policy... and to top it off they had to be 6 of the same breed. We were going to get rir to begin with but we...
New to byc and the joy of raising them. My wife and i picked up 6 rir from tsc. We bought a coop (says houses up to 8) but our goal is to add a small run to the coop but when we are home we will let them run free. We live in the middle of know where with few neighbors. We have no fence around...
Again thank everyone for your support. I have to say given by feathers already forming on the ends of wings and a few starting to sprout little butt feathers they are between a week and two old. We got them friday evening and i have to say this weekend has been a joy watching them in their...
Hello everyone. My family and i just joined the forum and have just become new chicken owners as of 6 hours ago. We purchased 6 (1 week old judging by wing feathers forming) rhode island reds. We live in upstate new york (brrrrrrr, but not so bad this year) and these birds were specifically...
Wow!!! Super impressed with the amount of support. So quite a bit has happened since my first introduction early this morning. The wife and kids and self piled in my truck and headed coop shopping. We saw a cute one at a local runnings that could probably house 2 to 3 comfy. One the way we...
Hello my wife, kids and i have decided we would like to have a few chickens around our property. We live about a half hour west of syracuse new york. We are seeking any advice on helping us through our journey. I have read quite a few books on raising backyard chickens and scoured forums (except...