Hi yall! Wow, there are a lot of Nevada chicken people. How cool! I read back about 10 pages but I haven't had a chance to read all 203 pages yet!
I had banties when I was a kid, but just now got the chance to get back in to chickens. We just bought a place in Lemmon Valley and I promptly...
Oh hi, other new person from Reno! I got 14 almost-laying probably hens off of Craigslist last week - I probably snatched them up right before you did!
I must say, you're nuts for missing the green! I'm from Memphis and I never want to live down at sea level in the humidity again. Memphis...
Thanks for the good advice, yall! I am originally from Memphis (so I say yall) but my husband, horse, goat, dog, cats, and now chickens live near Reno, NV. Everything's sand - no need for grit. I've got a bag of oyster shell that I'm just going to add to the layer mash - do I need to do that...
I've had my beautiful flock of 14 chickens (near point of lay, probably Leghorns, probably hens) for a whole week now. They are free ranging the back half acre during the day and sleeping in a 10x12 coop at night. Their food and water are in the coop, to encourage them to not wander too far...