Hello from Kearney Mo

[OwensDad]

New to this site and completely new to raising chickens, When my girlfriend, son and I made the decision to get chickens we defiantly hit the ground running by going to a local chick day and picking up 12 chicks, the gentleman from heartland hatchery was kind enough to throw in a 13th bird free. So we came home with 6 golden sex links 5 buff orpingtons and 2 lavender orpingtons. I built a custom brooder for them about (36x36x24) with a hardware cloth top and a heat lamp of corse. Still finalizing my plans for the coop but right now plan is to convert a old metal 5x10 shed into a coop. The shed will be enclosed inside a 20x25 run with 6 ft tall 1x2 hardware cloth. So glad we found this site as it has already help us combat pasty butt and answer a few other question so far !!

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to the Backyard chickens flock. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Would love to see photos of your set up, once it is up and running.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and

- glad that you have joined us. You seem to have gone for chickens with an "all guns blazing" approach - and good for you! The Coop section may help give you a little inspiration.

All the best
CT

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[OwensDad]

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Here are some pictures of the brooder I built. Will post more as the coop and run progress

 

[NickyKnack]

Oh, that is a beautiful brooder!

Also, welcome to BYC!

 

[OwensDad]

Thank you. Starting to make progress on the coop. Bought this beauty for 375$ dollars this week. Has a lot of potential and should make a amazing coop. 8x12x12ft tall

 

[NickyKnack]

Wow! That is a really nice find. Your girls are going to love that as their future home.

 

[OwensDad]

Finaly got our new coop moved home and started to make some progress working converting it over, here's a few pics of the progress so far.