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  1. Things we learned during our first year of keeping chickens

    Things we learned during our first year of keeping chickens

    Well its been fun and interesting this first year. The wife and I were both raised on the farm so we are not strangers to keeping and caring for animals or the basic care needed for production livestock as we have a cow calf herd, some goats and a few hogs to feed out and butcher. The...
  2. Bullmaker

    Mystery Rooster!

    possible welsummer crossed with speckled sussex
  3. Bullmaker

    Comment by 'Bullmaker' in article 'Not fancy/ just functional'

    Thanks. It was too much good to bulldoze and just enough good to salvage. All the lots/corral are enclosed with pipe and steel with 5ft cattle panels welded wire. They can free range over about 2 acres when I get the cats under control!
  4. Not fancy/ just functional

    Not fancy/ just functional

    One of my first projects after retiring from my oilfield job was to get some chickens. My wife and I both grew up on farms and had chickens in our very early life. We wanted fresh eggs, the entertainment and a chance to show our grandkids the joys of having chickens around. The old shed on...
  5. Bullmaker

    Hello All from a farmer new to chickens

    I recently retired and now am at the farm full time. We decided to add a small laying flock for eggs and fun. First there was the job of fixing a coop. We have an older shed next to the house and barns that was used for cattle loafing in the corral. With some material and sweat equity we...
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