Hello Everyone!
I am located in Hawaii and I am new to owning/raising chickens! I run a market garden and eventually want to add pasture-raised eggs(mobile coop style) to my CSA for my customers! I don't have any chicks at the moment but I am looking to put in an order asap, as the hatcheries...
Not sure this is the right category for this but I wanted to share our DIY brooder! The property we own looked like a hippy commune dump ground when we bought it. There was random junk everywhere and a little 2 room A-frame cabin that needs A LOT of TLC so ignore the mess and the graffiti on the...
The good news is that I have 30 chicks coming from Cackle Hatchery in April. The bad news is that I’ve got to get my sh-stuff together in terms of the brooder and coop builds.
For the brooder, I plan to repurpose the first chicken tractor I ever built. It’s a real beast, framed out of drops...
Out of all our incubated eggs only One was fertile and hatched, BUT atleast she seems very healthy :jumpy question though, is there anything I can do to make her feel a little less lonely when in the brooder?it seems like she’s imprinted on me and no matter how many stuffies/toys I throw in...
This is my second set of Backyard Barnyard chick perches. I use them as sanitary perches in the brooder. Easy-to-clean, rounded & sanded wood, made in the USA.
My chicks can't poop on each other while sitting on these. The triangle/triple perch setup isn't as stable, either, as chicks grow.
My...