I got a special package I’m the mail today- the calendars are beautiful! I will put one in our kitchen and the other may get gifted to the gentleman across the road who I’ve been buying eggs from- he’s got 75 chickens and helped inspire me to get some of my own!
Brought home a variety pack to start with- just missing my gold and silver-laced Wyandotte’s which come in next week. I figure it’s a good way to find our favorites and build on that in the future. 2 buff Orpingtons, an Ameraucana mix, a Welsummer, a black Australorp, a Rhode Island Red, a...
Hi all! I’ve posted a couple times, but read that I need to answer these questions.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I just picked up our first chicks today!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I picked up 7 chicks and hope to get 2 more next week when...
the lower "box" on this side as well as in the opposite corner on the other side of the large double doors leading into the shed both have small doors with ramps that exit for birds.
Hello all,
Just thinking of getting a few chicks the next couple of days from our local farm supply stores (which order from Murray McMurray). Our existing coop is a garden shed of sorts that we haven't cleaned out yet and are storing our lawn mowers in right now. Would love to have someone...
Thank you, everyone, for your links and advice! I decided to go to Murdoch's (local farm supply) today and they had just gotten in their first chicks this morning. The only chicks from my list they don't have in yet are the Wyandottes I believe. Sooo.... I'm thinking of heading down again...
Hi all! I just received a Murray McMurray catalog in the mail and am planning my intro into chickens this spring. We live in Bozeman, MT, where temps have ranged between -16 to 48 degrees F all in the past week, on 5 acres with a year-round creek. One of our “garden sheds” used to be a...