Hello Everyone,
I have been reading a lot and finally decided to join the forum. This is my first forum and although I grew as a child with chickens this will be the beginning of my chicken endeavor. I am excited and somewhat overwhelmed.
We ordered our chicks from McMurray Hatchery and they will be delivered around the 1st of March. So I have been looking at brooders and coops. And oh man do we have a lot to do!
What we do know is that we will be raising and breeding chickens for eggs as well as meat. And we want them to free range. We currently have 2 RIR that some friends gave us because they couldn't take them when they moved. And they seem happy. My goal is to have a moveable poultry fence so they can be free to graze but within a restricted area. We will be having a garden this year and don't want the chickens to make a feast of it before we can.
So my list is
A) Build a brooder (on the cheap, of course)
B) Build a Coop
C) Install Temporary/mobile fencing
And this is just for the chickens. I can't wait to meet our new chicks but man have I got a full plate.
Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. Although I grew up with chickens I'm new to doing it myself....
I have been reading a lot and finally decided to join the forum. This is my first forum and although I grew as a child with chickens this will be the beginning of my chicken endeavor. I am excited and somewhat overwhelmed.
We ordered our chicks from McMurray Hatchery and they will be delivered around the 1st of March. So I have been looking at brooders and coops. And oh man do we have a lot to do!
What we do know is that we will be raising and breeding chickens for eggs as well as meat. And we want them to free range. We currently have 2 RIR that some friends gave us because they couldn't take them when they moved. And they seem happy. My goal is to have a moveable poultry fence so they can be free to graze but within a restricted area. We will be having a garden this year and don't want the chickens to make a feast of it before we can.
So my list is
A) Build a brooder (on the cheap, of course)
B) Build a Coop
C) Install Temporary/mobile fencing
And this is just for the chickens. I can't wait to meet our new chicks but man have I got a full plate.
Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. Although I grew up with chickens I'm new to doing it myself....