Back in the late 80’s- early 90’s I raised chickens and gathered eggs and went to all the trade days bringing home new breeds. My parents divorced in the mid/ late 90’s and my farm life ended. I went on to have children and a super busy life.
My daughter who will be 20 soon has shown great interest in homesteading/ farming so I (a trucker) bought her 6 pullets as a surprise when I was unloading at a tractor supply in Texas. I drove home (yes I had 6 chicks and 2 cats in my truck overnight) to Mississippi the next day and unfortunately one of the pullets died. So I gave my daughter 5 chicks and she talked me into going to tractor supply again to “replace” the one that didn’t survive. The tractor supply was sold out, but they did refund me for the one that didn’t survive.
We then drove to another tractor supply and she came home with 12 additional chicks! The next day she got 2 ducks and a goose, and the day after that 2 rabbits.
We had the chicks in a brooder but the flock grew substantially so then we moved them into a kiddie pool, and eventually I got her to clean out the shed out back and now they have their very own house.
She’s working towards building a run for them as their feathers grow in.
So a week in and that’s our journey thus far
I’m attaching photos, hopefully in order how I had them in a plastic container (that I had been keeping food supplies in. Such as oatmeal packets & grits) with a light in the truck, and how their habitats grew and changed over the past week. (First chicks purchased 3/23/23)
Oh, and our shed has termites. We’ve read that the chickens would be happy with that.
The little “cage” we had their brooder in we will use as a chicken tractor to keep them safe in the yard and let them explore different areas as we build their run and beyond.
My daughter who will be 20 soon has shown great interest in homesteading/ farming so I (a trucker) bought her 6 pullets as a surprise when I was unloading at a tractor supply in Texas. I drove home (yes I had 6 chicks and 2 cats in my truck overnight) to Mississippi the next day and unfortunately one of the pullets died. So I gave my daughter 5 chicks and she talked me into going to tractor supply again to “replace” the one that didn’t survive. The tractor supply was sold out, but they did refund me for the one that didn’t survive.
We then drove to another tractor supply and she came home with 12 additional chicks! The next day she got 2 ducks and a goose, and the day after that 2 rabbits.
We had the chicks in a brooder but the flock grew substantially so then we moved them into a kiddie pool, and eventually I got her to clean out the shed out back and now they have their very own house.
She’s working towards building a run for them as their feathers grow in.
So a week in and that’s our journey thus far
I’m attaching photos, hopefully in order how I had them in a plastic container (that I had been keeping food supplies in. Such as oatmeal packets & grits) with a light in the truck, and how their habitats grew and changed over the past week. (First chicks purchased 3/23/23)
Oh, and our shed has termites. We’ve read that the chickens would be happy with that.
The little “cage” we had their brooder in we will use as a chicken tractor to keep them safe in the yard and let them explore different areas as we build their run and beyond.
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