Hi everyone!
As of this coming weekend my boyfriend and I will be proud owners of 4 chickens! 2 RIR, 1 Barred Rock, and 1 Ameraucana. They are all pullets who just started laying. We are getting them from a friend of ours whose flock became to large. We are new to the chicken life and will be building our coop this week, which is a 4x4 (16sqft) structure with the same amount of ground space beneath.
I had a couple questions for some of you more experienced chicken owners:
1) how often do you put ACV in the water? And how much per gallon?
2) Is it necessary to lock up their door to the bottom of the run every night?
3) Is it OK to hang the insect guards in the coop?
4) Do you have any advice that YOU with you had in the beginning?
We are so very excited and can not wait for the ladies to arrive! I will definitely be posting pictures to share with you all once we have them set up! Thank you so much!
Happy Clucking!
Kate
As of this coming weekend my boyfriend and I will be proud owners of 4 chickens! 2 RIR, 1 Barred Rock, and 1 Ameraucana. They are all pullets who just started laying. We are getting them from a friend of ours whose flock became to large. We are new to the chicken life and will be building our coop this week, which is a 4x4 (16sqft) structure with the same amount of ground space beneath.
I had a couple questions for some of you more experienced chicken owners:
1) how often do you put ACV in the water? And how much per gallon?
2) Is it necessary to lock up their door to the bottom of the run every night?
3) Is it OK to hang the insect guards in the coop?
4) Do you have any advice that YOU with you had in the beginning?
We are so very excited and can not wait for the ladies to arrive! I will definitely be posting pictures to share with you all once we have them set up! Thank you so much!
Happy Clucking!
Kate