We have been planning on pet chickens for 2 yrs now, and next weekend it will become a reality.
I'm so excited and so are my teens.
It all started when I got to play with my aunts chickies. and my heart melted. Like melted bad. So I started reading. and reading. and reading. oh, and asking questions. I think my aunt may be tired of them all.
I have been having my teens research also, as they are the real push to get our own.
We hadn't even decided yet what kind we wanted when we got a call from my partners daughter...She's coming to visit Easter weekend, and bringing 4 chickies. I still don't know what kind. When I asked her, her reply was IDK? Chickens?
I only know they just hatched last week.
I ended up with a pile of wood in the shed, and piles of paper with sketches for a coop, making it just what I want, but hadn't started building it yet. I had decided on an A frame style. Yesterday a friend called and said hey you want this big dog house. It's perfect for a start. I've already started sawing and building and modifying to make it absolutely perfect.
We do have a pen set up in the basement with a heat lamp for the babies when they get here.
We will have the coop built by Thursday I think.
We have a secure run built(has to be secure we have dog and cat type critters to), the coop will be attached to it.
I know I still need to pick up some food, there's a feed store just down the road, as well as something to put it in and a waterer.
Any hints, tips, tricks, run now before you're hooked bad, you're insane, etc?
Three hens is actually our limit inside the city. When they are big enough to know who's a hen and who's a rooster one(or more if we end up with multiple roosters) will be going to a neighbor to take out to his parents.
We really don't care about eggs, meat etc. pets are what they will be ultimately.
I'm so excited and so are my teens.
It all started when I got to play with my aunts chickies. and my heart melted. Like melted bad. So I started reading. and reading. and reading. oh, and asking questions. I think my aunt may be tired of them all.
I have been having my teens research also, as they are the real push to get our own.
We hadn't even decided yet what kind we wanted when we got a call from my partners daughter...She's coming to visit Easter weekend, and bringing 4 chickies. I still don't know what kind. When I asked her, her reply was IDK? Chickens?
I only know they just hatched last week.
I ended up with a pile of wood in the shed, and piles of paper with sketches for a coop, making it just what I want, but hadn't started building it yet. I had decided on an A frame style. Yesterday a friend called and said hey you want this big dog house. It's perfect for a start. I've already started sawing and building and modifying to make it absolutely perfect.
We do have a pen set up in the basement with a heat lamp for the babies when they get here.
We will have the coop built by Thursday I think.
We have a secure run built(has to be secure we have dog and cat type critters to), the coop will be attached to it.
I know I still need to pick up some food, there's a feed store just down the road, as well as something to put it in and a waterer.
Any hints, tips, tricks, run now before you're hooked bad, you're insane, etc?
Three hens is actually our limit inside the city. When they are big enough to know who's a hen and who's a rooster one(or more if we end up with multiple roosters) will be going to a neighbor to take out to his parents.
We really don't care about eggs, meat etc. pets are what they will be ultimately.
