So! Hello! I am a brand new fledgling to the backyard foul crowd. I haven't yet set up a coop, chosen a means of acquiring a flock or purchased any equipment. I only know my city, county, state laws, that I have a reasonable sized backyard and that I want to raise quail primarily for eggs but...
Hello! I am new to this place, and I really didn’t know where else to ask, but I am worried about one of my ducklings named Elphie. I got her about 25 days ago, and I think she was only a couple days old maximum when I got her and another duckling I’ve named Daphne.. I am extremely new to ducks...
Good Morning All! I'm just starting my urban homesteading journey, and I'm super excited to learn everything I can about raising a small flock of egg-laying hens in Peoria, Az. From what I've been able to glean so far, it looks like Ameraucana, Andalusian, Naked Neck & Plymouth Rock are the...
Heyy, my name is Krystin, but friends and family call me Millie. I am new to chickens, and just got my whole flock last Sunday (03/19/2023). Right now we have 11 chickens, but the chicken math is just not adding up so I see more in the near future!
We have a mixed backyard flock of Rhode...
Im from Long Island, New York and I have 17 hens, 11 old English bantams, 1 serama, 4 standard hens, 1 midsized hen a cross between a old English bantams and a copper Maran, and 5 old English bantam roosters. I’ve raised all of them from chicks except one of the old English bantam roosters...
Ok, so a few weeks ago I had asked for some ideas on how to build a coop on a budget since everything pre-fab was either too small or way too expensive. I got a few great ideas (like the hoop coop and converting an old kids playhouse) and realized that our neighbor was trying to give away their...
We retired only a few years ago, in 2015. Leon worked at Boeing Aerospace as an NC programmer. He had been born near Charlottesville VA in a rural area and wanted to return to rural living. I wanted to leave the cities and live a quiet life in the country to do my crafts, cooking, herbalism...