rottlady
Songster
Joined recently. My first post in breeds is still in moderation.
I am getting new chicks over the next couple weeks. (Picked up 2 three week olds last night). I have not had chickens in 30 years!
When I was a lot younger I raised Zebra Finches (parent raised) and Button Quail (incubator hatched from my bird's eggs). I actually started raising Zebra finches when I was 14 years old. But by the 80's I had 100 birds +/- and a small in home bird supply shop where I would special order in birds people wanted
Stopped raising birds when I moved into cold drafty houses, some without electricity. Got into purebred dog breeding, showing and trialing along with public dog training, dog rescue and managing boarding kennels and grooming.
Come full circle it seems and back to birds (still have a couple dogs) and a drafty house
So accumulating a few chicks and still need to build a coop to hold all of them plus be mobile- kind of a chicken tractor/coop combo.. Holy cow when did building materials get so expensive???!!! In the 90's I could have build this thing for $100-150 NOT now wow
I am getting new chicks over the next couple weeks. (Picked up 2 three week olds last night). I have not had chickens in 30 years!
When I was a lot younger I raised Zebra Finches (parent raised) and Button Quail (incubator hatched from my bird's eggs). I actually started raising Zebra finches when I was 14 years old. But by the 80's I had 100 birds +/- and a small in home bird supply shop where I would special order in birds people wanted
Stopped raising birds when I moved into cold drafty houses, some without electricity. Got into purebred dog breeding, showing and trialing along with public dog training, dog rescue and managing boarding kennels and grooming.
Come full circle it seems and back to birds (still have a couple dogs) and a drafty house
So accumulating a few chicks and still need to build a coop to hold all of them plus be mobile- kind of a chicken tractor/coop combo.. Holy cow when did building materials get so expensive???!!! In the 90's I could have build this thing for $100-150 NOT now wow
