Hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving tomorrow! Enjoy the nice weather!
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That is so fun! I might have to rework my coop plans to accommodate a webcam now...What a beautiful day today. I got the second door installed, though both doors didn't work tonight. :/ Put the new feeder out for the chickens, the heated bowl for goats, and the chicken cam! Here they are getting ready for bed. The cool thing is I can access this camera from anywhere and move it too so I don't always have to look at the nest boxes or roosts. I can even sort of see the run a little. My PR is the nearest to the camera. Her pattern looks a lot prettier in the IR light of the camera than in person. Same with the Welsummer next to the SLP.![]()
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving! It was oddly super nice weather out east that all the animals loved.
Thanks to all the feedback I got here & my paycheck showing up early, I ordered my first chicks yesterday! I'm super excited about it & that may have led to my coop plans growing from something simple to something I probably wouldn't have had any trouble constructing pre car accident. Fingers crossed that my physical therapy can get me back to walking again because I'm pretty sure I won't be able to talk my dad into building the entire thing by himself.
This does bring up a question for me: Is it better (as in, better for the chickens themselves) to have the coop on the ground or raised? I've seen a number that utilize the actual ground as the floor for the coop while others raise them and make a floor for their coops. Was just wondering if anyone had any Pros/Cons thoughts on that that they wouldn't mind sharing. Thanks again so much for all the wonderful help y'all have given me!![]()
Hmmm, never heard of them, but looking them up now..... Sounds like they order from Hatcheries, as you have to order minimum of 25 chicks, you can order as little as seven from My Pet Chicken. There are a few that order from hatchery, and then you can pick them up at their farm. All Things Homestead comes to mind.Has anyone heard of or got chicks from Summer Rose Farms and Hatchery?
I am needing to replace my aging hens this spring and am thinking I would rather be able to pick up babies directly from the hatchery.
Sadly we are limited on choices in Colorado.
For me it would be a 3 hour each way trip to Strasburg but still much better than a 3 day trip in the mail.
I am hoping to sneak them in under bantam cochins ( Constantly broody it seems ) hens in the early spring.