jambarker
Chirping
- Aug 13, 2023
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Hello, I am a 52-year-old new chicken owner. My chicks just hatched on 08/04. They seem to be very active and eating well and drinking well. They are a mix of sex-link and amber-link. They have their red lamp but they like to escape their area. I am glad they have their own room because they would be everywhere. I have been working on their permanent coop outside but this heat in Alabama is awful. I have heard that chickens are soo expensive and I have also that they were very inexpensive. I guess I'm about to find out for myself. I am open to any suggestions or advice.
My coop is 8ft x 10ft with a deck floor. It will have 10-inch x 12-inch windows with shudders to close in the winter if needed. It will also have vents along the ceiling. I am building the nesting boxes to 12x12 and I will have 8 or 10 boxes. I do need some advice about the roosting ladder. They are going to have a chicken tunnel to run so I can have fun with them. The tunnel will eventually go through my gardens to help the garden pest. I am going to have a self-watering system where I catch rainwater it will be gravity fed.
I really want to keep them happy and healthy egg layers. Any advice on fermenting my own feed or planting herbs to prevent mites, naturally preventing intestinal parasites, and preventing bumble foot, I will take it. Please give me what you have learned. We are trying to become somewhat self-sufficient. Starting with the gardens and chickens. I plan to hatch bitties for the auctions as well as to keep to add to my flock, adding some Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth rocks to the flock for great egg laying. I also plan to have Americanas in a hoop house for some meat but that will be later on. I have said this before and I will say it again I am open to learning from yall.
My coop is 8ft x 10ft with a deck floor. It will have 10-inch x 12-inch windows with shudders to close in the winter if needed. It will also have vents along the ceiling. I am building the nesting boxes to 12x12 and I will have 8 or 10 boxes. I do need some advice about the roosting ladder. They are going to have a chicken tunnel to run so I can have fun with them. The tunnel will eventually go through my gardens to help the garden pest. I am going to have a self-watering system where I catch rainwater it will be gravity fed.
I really want to keep them happy and healthy egg layers. Any advice on fermenting my own feed or planting herbs to prevent mites, naturally preventing intestinal parasites, and preventing bumble foot, I will take it. Please give me what you have learned. We are trying to become somewhat self-sufficient. Starting with the gardens and chickens. I plan to hatch bitties for the auctions as well as to keep to add to my flock, adding some Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth rocks to the flock for great egg laying. I also plan to have Americanas in a hoop house for some meat but that will be later on. I have said this before and I will say it again I am open to learning from yall.
