X2 on the whole post.
The only livestock I'm allowed here is chickens. But I am allowed 85 and 5 roosters. (they didn't say anything about cockerels)
I also have bee hives and native pollinator houses, peaches, nectarines, apricots, apples, persimmons, mulberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, goji berries, asparagus, herbs and four 4'X40' raised beds for seasonal veggies. One of the chicken coops is long and narrow at the north end of the veggie beds. There's a pop door over each bed plus one on the north side and I have a hoop pen the length of the beds that I can move over a bed after the veggies are done and let the chickens in that bed. The raspberries are north of the coop so after the berries are gone I turn the same flock in there. That's mid summer and it's cooler on that side.
Wow!
It's 53F (11C) right now at 5 AM. Sad to say though it will be below freezing at least 4 nights next week and more hard freezes at the end of the month. I may have to wait till April to start up the automatic water.
How's the ventilation? Do they have room to move between a warm area and a cool space?
It's said the if dogs died as often as chickens, people wouldn't own very many dogs.
That's not old, and you'll never catch me. You're welcome anyway. I'm sure we have some other old timer imposters on here>
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You young pup.
X2 on the whole post.
The only livestock I'm allowed here is chickens. But I am allowed 85 and 5 roosters. (they didn't say anything about cockerels
I also have bee hives and native pollinator houses, peaches, nectarines, apricots, apples, persimmons, mulberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, goji berries, asparagus, herbs and four 4'X40' raised beds for seasonal veggies. One of the chicken coops is long and narrow at the north end of the veggie beds. There's a pop door over each bed plus one on the north side and I have a hoop pen the length of the beds that I can move over a bed after the veggies are done and let the chickens in that bed. The raspberries are north of the coop so after the berries are gone I turn the same flock in there. That's mid summer and it's cooler on that side.
Wow!
It's 53F (11C) right now at 5 AM. Sad to say though it will be below freezing at least 4 nights next week and more hard freezes at the end of the month. I may have to wait till April to start up the automatic water.
How's the ventilation? Do they have room to move between a warm area and a cool space?
It's said the if dogs died as often as chickens, people wouldn't own very many dogs.
That's not old, and you'll never catch me. You're welcome anyway. I'm sure we have some other old timer imposters on here>
You young pup.
I know this is a chicken forum but I also had bees but sadly lost them to the mysterious hive collapse. Would like to set my hives back up but am a little gun shy.
Live in the middle of orchards so know I have a good place for them so any insight would be appreciated. Had the hives for 2 years before I lost them.
