My name is Susan Wachter and my husband and I farm in central Illinois. My husband is a grain farmer and I grow produce for the Lincoln Farmer's Market which I also manage. I have been trying to convince my husband to let me have chickens for at least a couple years now and after a few drinks with friends one night he gave in. The next day we started building coop #1. Two weeks later we build coop #2. I have outside runs for both coops. (We have farm dogs that are free range and would eat the chickens in a heartbeat!) I have 5 laying hens (purchased from a neighbor last week) in the small coop and 13 1-month old pullets in the big coop. I am scheduled to receive 26 more on April 28. I have read this forum religiously since getting the chickens and feel much smarter for doing so. I appreciate the diversity and level of knowledge that everyone is willing to share. Thank you to everyone for posting and I will continue to be a dedicated reader.
