growing and learning

WA-HOOO!!!!! advice needed.

You will enjoy them

09:51 PM, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 .. Posted by blessingsbaound

Chickens are so fun and easy to care for. I know many start off with chickens on their homestead beacuse of the ease of them. I love having a mixture of birds.. it is fo fun to look out on the pasture and see different looking birds pecking the ground and such. I always have a rooster so that we have fertile eggs and therefore your eggs are a complete protein. Or at least that was always my understanding. If you get chicks now you will have eggs come late Summer early Fall and then they will reduce production durring the winter months. Make sure you have enough birds to meet your family needs and if you have some extras you can always sell them to others. We had 60 birds to start and then found that 30 is what worked best for our family. Hope these ideas help! Have fun! Taking care of the Lords animals is always a treat! Mrs. Joseph Wood

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05:50 AM, Thursday, May 1, 2008 .. Posted by gokings13

YOU ARE SO BLESSED!!!!

I think if prices keep going up......I may be able to talk my dh into chickens too!!! Please keep us posted on your journey to chicken-dom!!
YEAH CHICKENS!!

Laura

cold hardy chicks

11:34 AM, Friday, May 2, 2008 .. Posted by NevadaGunn

have ya go them yet? I live in Elko NV. and was very worried about the extream cold in the winter and heat in the summer. So I got a mix of Plymouth Rock and Light Brahmas. and one silly buff laced polish, for my son as a 4H project.

Elko

01:19 PM, Friday, May 2, 2008 .. Posted by NevadaGunn

I have three little ones that I homeschool Katie(11) Shane(10) and Trevor (8) I was told by a friend who use to live in SLC that we have the same climate as you, something to do with elevation or something. And Yes, Elko is growing. we have a home Depot now. We are keeping our fingers crossed for Costco.

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12:50 PM, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 .. Posted by dhcfarm

We love our chickens! We currently have cuckoo marans, barred rocks and Americanas. Right now in our area, we're having a shortage of chicks. The hatcheries just can't keep them in stock and nearly every breed of chicken is on back order. It's scary to not be able to buy chicks when you want to! Right now we have 15, but we were really hoping to have 100 this spring...just can't get them!

BTW, thanks for the welcome back!