We're going to enclose the free ranging area with a 4' welded wire fencing, and once they get bigger we might add a couple of hot wires on the exterior :D
I keep going back and forth about adding netting overhead, but it's a huge space and thinking about cleanup after a hurricane makes me...
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I tagged you all because you all had great input and I wanted to make sure you saw I'd taken your ideas into account! :highfive:
A little over a week ago, I posted the beginnings of what was (at the time) going to be our coop for our future chickens. So many comments were encouraging me to rethink our plans and offered up some great advice! (Thread here...
After years of dreaming of having my own chickens, and reading and obsessively-learning (my favorite hobby!), I'm finally starting the coop building journey!
I finally have something to start giving back to this wonderful community, and I'm excited to share the process with you all! :love...
Hey there! I live in Southeastern NC and have been looking to build a good, solid coop for my future flock! Your post has been on my mind since I saw it back when you first posted the beginning of the year. I'm so excited to see how it's all come together!!
Would you be against it if my husband...
Today I was in my (future) garden! Planning where everything is going to go once our house is built. :) We're going to be moving onto 6 acres and I'm turning a good acre or two of that into my own garden forest!!:wee
I'm so happy and excited to grow things!
You might want to check with your county's agricultural sector. I know here where I live (NC) my county offers the plucking machine, broiler (to loosen feathers before plucking), and kill cones to borrow! You just have to pick them up at the place they keep them. :)
Hello Brandi! Welcome! I'm excited for you and your new little flock :D
I'm originally from Southern Michigan (Calhoun County). It'll be a great place for your chickens to grow up! :wee
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Life is moving really fast for me lately and I found out my husband and I will be able to build a home on some land within the next year. It's being given to us by my husband's grandparents, and his grandma told me, "Now you can have all those chickens you want!!" 🤗🥰
I've been...