Welcome everyone! This is my attempt to catalogue my journey into chicken husbandry. I will be using my little section here as a way to consolidate all of my chicken project ideas. I am going to attempt to dabble in making my own meat birds. I have enough room to have more than one flock, so I will have a small egg bird flock, but I really enjoy eating chicken and so does the rest of my family, so I hope to create my own.
I have my first group of day old chickens being shipped from Murray McMurray next week. This order has 10 Whiteing True Blues 7 of which are supposed to be female, 5 straight run Dark Cornish, and a surprise chick, which should be fun.
My other group of chicks I will be picking up from Cackle Hatchery myself on April 11, since it’s not a terrible drive. This group is all SR and will include 5 Lakenvelder, 5 Colombian Rock, 6 Turken, and 5 Silkies.
My set up consists of an 11x13 chicken coop I have nearly finished building and, eventually, to very large fixed runs. If things go favorably I will build more breeding coops and use the original as a grow out coop for the meaties. Oh, I also have a prefab coop that can hold up to 5 chickens that I plan to use as a breeding coop/chicken jail/hospital once I get it put together.
I live with my family on about 10 acres. My son is 2.5 years old and my daughter is 2 months old. I’m waiting to raise my own chickens as a way to provide the healthiest possible food for my family. I love cooking good food, growing things in my garden, and I very excited to add the chickens onto my list of projects.
Please feel free to ask questions and make suggestions if you want. Here’s some photos of the coop as it is, and I will update with new when it is closer to completion. I will also update when I get my chicks next week!
I have my first group of day old chickens being shipped from Murray McMurray next week. This order has 10 Whiteing True Blues 7 of which are supposed to be female, 5 straight run Dark Cornish, and a surprise chick, which should be fun.
My other group of chicks I will be picking up from Cackle Hatchery myself on April 11, since it’s not a terrible drive. This group is all SR and will include 5 Lakenvelder, 5 Colombian Rock, 6 Turken, and 5 Silkies.
My set up consists of an 11x13 chicken coop I have nearly finished building and, eventually, to very large fixed runs. If things go favorably I will build more breeding coops and use the original as a grow out coop for the meaties. Oh, I also have a prefab coop that can hold up to 5 chickens that I plan to use as a breeding coop/chicken jail/hospital once I get it put together.
I live with my family on about 10 acres. My son is 2.5 years old and my daughter is 2 months old. I’m waiting to raise my own chickens as a way to provide the healthiest possible food for my family. I love cooking good food, growing things in my garden, and I very excited to add the chickens onto my list of projects.
Please feel free to ask questions and make suggestions if you want. Here’s some photos of the coop as it is, and I will update with new when it is closer to completion. I will also update when I get my chicks next week!
