Thr are only 8-10 birds in the coop, and I was only planning on having 4 or 5 in the mobile pen at once, I wasn't about to shove them all in at once lol
For a better mental picture, there will be two or three feeders at all times in the coop, with two waterers, along with both a feeder and waterer in the mobile pen. The pen itself is maybe 8'-10' squared, by about six feet tall. The fencing is five foot high, but with the extra space there is a...
It is only when I am home, like on the weekends and after school, that they will be allowed to forage in the pen, becuz our neighbors have dogs. While i am gone, they will have majorady of the day to eat scratch and commercial feed. They will have water at all times no exceptions becuz it does...
The chickens have access to feed while in the coop at any time, they have a portable pen to forage while I'm home, if I'm not home they will be in the coop. But we have a large variety of weeds including sunflowers,clovers,grasses, and lots of different wildflowers including bluebonnets and...
My birds are going to be mostly foragers with a commercial feed available to them at night and in the morning. I do realize that they take longer to mature, but I am willing to put forth the effort and care to see through in my end results.
Thanks, I meant the BO are going to be strictly for eggs and meat, and the SLW, is going to be a present for my mom, I was thinking about the future, and what all might happen. I am going to place an order to receive 16 BO, 1 SLW and a mystery chick to get here on the fifth teeth, on my mom's...
I only ask because i am planning on doing a flock of BO, and I was planning on getting a SLW for my mom's birthday, and my friend warned me of having the BO roo breed with the SLW hen....I was just curios on what people thought of it
Most people have issues with hybrids for some reason, but what happens when you have a flock of dual purpose birds with a couple of pet family hens and your dual rooster breeds with those hens... Should I let nature take its course, or eat the eggs when first laid, im not saying it's already...