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Hello! I am so glad you are here! What breeds of chickens do you currently have? What breeds are coming "special delivery"?Hi everyone. This is a great thread. I have been reading it all day. Still sort of a noobie, and love the learning this site provides. My husband is like "backyardchicks" again? Everytime he sees me on the phone. can not help it... So we started our crazy chicken love journey in May. We ordered our first chicks last April to be delivered in May, then found the perfect home and closed on it fast. We built a coop and before we had finished a lot of predator proofing we lost 2 and had two injured. Demo'd everything and made a mini Fort Knox with a similar med bay for our injured girls. I am also making a large hoop coop.
Father asked me half way through contruction if chicken math was contagious and asked me to get more...so we are waiting on a shipment near Sept 13th. Some day I want goats, but as I have 10 more boxes and totes to in pack, a basement with all the unneeded things waiting for organization, and the base of a hoop coop calling my name. . . Maybe in a few years. I want to grow my chickens food first before more animals. Learning about fodder for chicks.
Anyone grow thing for their flock?
This is a my kids favorite rooster. He cuddles her. The temp tractor was made of pvc. I know it is not a good solution. Was temp for yard during contruction while supervised. Waiting for delivery of HC etc.
Do you know which specific predators got your birds? Usually folks have more than one, but sometimes there's a particular pest (hawks, for us, during the day and raccoons at night) so we have made specific accommodations for those.
We love pics, so any time you have some to share, go for it!!