Free is good! But we had to get set up in a hurry, so it cost us. We had been planning on building a coop ourselves and getting babies next spring, but, well, these just fell into our laps.
Thanks, all:)
The yard is about 30 feet across- we built it so they could be "outside" in case we didn't have the comfort level required for free range. This summer we actually did try to let the free- they LOVED it. But, a couple of weeks ago something got one of the girls- we were devastated...
Well, I have been lurking around here all summer, and just officially joined. I'm looking forward to asking all sorts of questions- we are chicken newbies, and have been told we have spoiled chickies. We aquired them when a friend had to give them away to get the house ready to move. Anyway...