- Jan 15, 2015
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Hello everyone! I am so glad I've found this group, I've already found it to be very helpful! I just have a few questions, of course i will be exploring this page some more, but if someone could provide me some insight here that would be nice.
first off, my boyfriend wants to build our coop. I'm not sure how this is going to work, he's very motivated and talented with his hands, but he's never made anything from wood. (This is a new thing he's getting into). Never say never right? Does anybody have any advice on building a very good coup? We live in Washington where it's very rainy in the winters. We also are prospectively going to get about 6 chicks. Also looking for advice on the best diet to feed them, we want them to be free range and organic fed, also we need to weigh the costs of raising chickens, versus their financial gain: eggs. And lastly, this might seem stupid to y'all but I swear I don't think female chickens need a male chicken to make eggs. My boyfriend seems to think a male is in order to receive eggs.. I thought it just depended on the amount of food they ate? Please keep in mind that we are both very novice prospective raisers of chickens, and just want the best advice. Please and thank you!
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