DEChickenguy
In the Brooder
Hi everyone!
After spending many years away from the family dairy farm in northeastern PA, my wife and I have decided to get back to our roots to an extent. Both of our families have had chickens when we were kids, but this will be our first endeavor into raising layers. Our chicks are scheduled to arrive mid July via mail order from McMurray's, 3 barred rocks, and 3 Rhode Islanders. We're looking forward to raising our 1 year old with chickens in the backyard, and also having some help via the hens in weeding the garden and insect control. I work for an agronomy company on the Delmarva peninsula, working with grain and vegetable growers and meat poultry producers to use best management practices and integrated pest management in their crops and writing nutrient management plans for crop production. Our commercial poultry producers need management plans for manure and clean discharge policies around their houses. My wife is a nurse at a local hospital. I love woodworking and carpentry as a pass time, and plan to build my coop and run for our birds. We have a half acre fenced in back yard which we plan to let the birds free range once they're ready, and the garden is also fenced in, inside the back yard to keep our 6 year old golden doodle out. She loves to eat the tomatoes! We also have an outdoor "shop" cat, and I'm a little concerned that she may take more than an avid interest in the birds. I actually found this forum while researching ideas for runs and coops, and have read a lot of the articles already. It looks like a great source of information and look forward to interacting with you all for ideas and suggestions!
After spending many years away from the family dairy farm in northeastern PA, my wife and I have decided to get back to our roots to an extent. Both of our families have had chickens when we were kids, but this will be our first endeavor into raising layers. Our chicks are scheduled to arrive mid July via mail order from McMurray's, 3 barred rocks, and 3 Rhode Islanders. We're looking forward to raising our 1 year old with chickens in the backyard, and also having some help via the hens in weeding the garden and insect control. I work for an agronomy company on the Delmarva peninsula, working with grain and vegetable growers and meat poultry producers to use best management practices and integrated pest management in their crops and writing nutrient management plans for crop production. Our commercial poultry producers need management plans for manure and clean discharge policies around their houses. My wife is a nurse at a local hospital. I love woodworking and carpentry as a pass time, and plan to build my coop and run for our birds. We have a half acre fenced in back yard which we plan to let the birds free range once they're ready, and the garden is also fenced in, inside the back yard to keep our 6 year old golden doodle out. She loves to eat the tomatoes! We also have an outdoor "shop" cat, and I'm a little concerned that she may take more than an avid interest in the birds. I actually found this forum while researching ideas for runs and coops, and have read a lot of the articles already. It looks like a great source of information and look forward to interacting with you all for ideas and suggestions!
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