RaineyMiniRanch
In the Brooder
We run an animal rescue and recently started getting chickens "donated" to us for various reasons. We've also bought a few that meet our ethics standards. We have a good relationship with the feedstore who gives us sick chickens for free (we quarantine them obviously). Only about 1 in 3 survives, but its better than dying in a cramped cage.
We are on the veg*n spectrum so ethics in sourcing animal byproducts is important to us. As one element of that, about half our flock is male. We don't have any aggressive roos so all are living in harmony currently.
We mix our own whole grain, organic feed, about 18% protein, and supplement with a variety of water and feed enhancers.
6 Cream Crested Legbars (4m, 2f, purchased)
5 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes (sex unknown yet, purchased)
5 mixed breed banties (1m, 4f, 3 unknown, donated)
6 keets (sex unknown yet, purchased)
2 rouen-mix ducks (1m, 1f we think, purchased)
2 button quail (1m, 1f we were told but no eggs yet..., rescued)
1 cinnamon queen hen, purchased
1 plymouth barred hen, purchased
1 random mixed rooster, purchased
1 New Hampshire chick (sex unknown, rescued)
1 Cochin (sex unknown, rescued)
Only four hens are of laying age. Legbars should be laying soon (born in March).
They are currently housed in four different temporarily coops while we finish work converting a 18x21 garage into a working coop. We're looking at different designs to see how to best maximize the vertical space in the detached garage.
We are on the veg*n spectrum so ethics in sourcing animal byproducts is important to us. As one element of that, about half our flock is male. We don't have any aggressive roos so all are living in harmony currently.
We mix our own whole grain, organic feed, about 18% protein, and supplement with a variety of water and feed enhancers.
6 Cream Crested Legbars (4m, 2f, purchased)
5 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes (sex unknown yet, purchased)
5 mixed breed banties (1m, 4f, 3 unknown, donated)
6 keets (sex unknown yet, purchased)
2 rouen-mix ducks (1m, 1f we think, purchased)
2 button quail (1m, 1f we were told but no eggs yet..., rescued)
1 cinnamon queen hen, purchased
1 plymouth barred hen, purchased
1 random mixed rooster, purchased
1 New Hampshire chick (sex unknown, rescued)
1 Cochin (sex unknown, rescued)
Only four hens are of laying age. Legbars should be laying soon (born in March).
They are currently housed in four different temporarily coops while we finish work converting a 18x21 garage into a working coop. We're looking at different designs to see how to best maximize the vertical space in the detached garage.
