You have plenty of space to keep that many birds. Instead of putting in roosters, put in some maybe only one rooster and a couple more hens. We have about 16 hens and we have 3 roosters and that is even too many roosters. One of the roosters is just a baby, he is just getting mature (it's chop...
With the way the economy is going, you would think the government would want to do all they could to help their citizens do all they could do to be self reliant. To be able to at least feed themselves in this tough economy. With my little set up I can hatch my own eggs, raise them up and bring...
Wow, it really worked! All that egg turning every 8 hours is paying off.
My eggs have started to hatch. I have one healthy little chick walking around and one is breaking free right now. The first one hatched at 1:30 this afternoon.
Update.
Hopefully next hatch will be better. The poor little...
After reading this thread I checked out the letterboxing site. I do not have a GPS, so letterboxing is great. There are only a few boxes near me, but I had to check them out. I bought the stamp carving stuff. I have done fat and ice sculpture, so I figured I could carve a rubber stamp. Turns out...
We set our eggs on June 10. That's close enough, right? It is our first time ever! We have an assortment of eggs in there. My mother just bought a couple dozen fertilized eggs from the lady we got our chicks from. Bantom, Americana, B Orpington, and Red Sussex. I think my co-workers are allready...
When I was a kid I grew up on a hobby farm. We did have chickens when I was really little. I moved away and after many years away I moved back to that same little village I grew up in. Back in with my parents to help them. Having us all together really makes life easier. It is so much fun...