It's been a while since I last posted but we've had our 15+1 extra chicks (5 silver laced wyandottes, 5 speckled sussex, and 6 white plymouth rocks) for a little over a week now. I can't believe how fast they grow and how much they eat! All are trying to fly already. We had one that had an issue...
Our pullets are supposed to arrive in a week and while I have the brooder set and ready to go...I really need to finalize our plans for the coop and the run. We are going to put the coop and run on a 13.5'x21.5' cement slab that was existing on the property when we bought it. I'm planning on...
Just curious...we tapped out trees this morning...got about 7 gallons today. A few more day of good weather coming. Hoping to have enough to reduce a little later in the week. Love to hear if anyone else in the forum also makes their own syrup?
Well my wife and I placed an order for our first baby chicks this evening! We decided to go with 15 pullets, a brown egg layer assortment offered by Mt. Healthy Hatchery here in SW Ohio. They should be arriving in two weeks!....now I have to get started on building the coop and run (thank God I...
Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself to the community. I have been learning a lot from this forum over the past few weeks since my wife and I decided that we want to start raising some chickens this spring. We live on two acres in a pretty quiet community in SW OH. Our zoning allows us to...