Good Morning everyone!
I joined and lurked a couple years ago before my dreams of back yard chickens were dashed by a city ordinance put in shortly after I moved to the small, rural community. I'm happy to say I'm back and here to learn. The man and I will be moving to our very own 15 acres before the beginning of November of this year and it already has a chicken coop on the property! All it needs is some re-shingling and to have the floor re-done. That shouldn't be too hard! From what I've read, thick plywood with a thick coat of a platic-based sealant should do the trick. Let me know If you have any other suggestions!
Ideally, I'll plan to have a small flock of maybe 6 birds to start and I'm interested in finding out what the most cold-hardy variety of chickens would be. From reading through, it seems lots of people with very cold temperatures leave their flocks unheated as long as they have insulated shelter and a reliable wind break and this fact interests me very much as I thought I had read somewhere that chicken's get frostbite easily.
I'm not really sure what else to say. Any questions or suggestions are great and I look forward to getting to know the regulars and lurkers alike.
-Melissa
I joined and lurked a couple years ago before my dreams of back yard chickens were dashed by a city ordinance put in shortly after I moved to the small, rural community. I'm happy to say I'm back and here to learn. The man and I will be moving to our very own 15 acres before the beginning of November of this year and it already has a chicken coop on the property! All it needs is some re-shingling and to have the floor re-done. That shouldn't be too hard! From what I've read, thick plywood with a thick coat of a platic-based sealant should do the trick. Let me know If you have any other suggestions!
Ideally, I'll plan to have a small flock of maybe 6 birds to start and I'm interested in finding out what the most cold-hardy variety of chickens would be. From reading through, it seems lots of people with very cold temperatures leave their flocks unheated as long as they have insulated shelter and a reliable wind break and this fact interests me very much as I thought I had read somewhere that chicken's get frostbite easily.
I'm not really sure what else to say. Any questions or suggestions are great and I look forward to getting to know the regulars and lurkers alike.
-Melissa
