Comments on: Preparing for chickens

By: Mama Wolf

Mama Wolf — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:17:08 +0000

Name one after me, will you, huh?

By: Teresa Truillo

Teresa Truillo — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:01:35 +0000

Ask Susie about the day old chicks I dropped off at her house a couple of years ago.

You should probably buy a couple of extras. If you want to buy day old chicks and have them mailed to you there are excellent hatcheries where you can buy heritage breed chicks. Murray McMurray is probably the best know.

You have to buy 25 at a time. But, you can sell some of them as they get older, or share the shipment with someone else. They will usually start laying at eight weeks.

Home grown eggs tast sooooo much better than store bought.

By: mama wolf

mama wolf — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:14:16 +0000

Well, Amanda could be the Chickie’s surrogate mom, and when you come to Prescott, she can chickie sit…… (yeah, along with a 2 yr old and an infant, right)

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:49:00 +0000

Thanks, OM! We will have an enclosed coop. We have cats who like our yard, so we will only be letting them free range when we are nearby — or until they are big enough to scare off the cats. ;-)

Amanda, I’ll definitely have pictures, and I’ll do my best to make the posts unthreatening so that you may begin to build more of a case…!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:29:33 +0000

OMGOMGOMG!!! So jealous! I have been begging for chickens for two years, but the spousal unit is not as enthusiastic as I am about the idea. I hold out hope though, that some day…

Be sure to post photos! Love it!

By: OmegaMom

OmegaMom — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:31:54 +0000

Hmmm. Sounds good so far. Just be aware that you will *need* the big coop much sooner than you expect, because those suckers will grow much faster than you would think. We bought adolescents, not babies; they were about six weeks old? Anyway, all the adolescents lived.

Is your yard fenced? Do you have neighbor dogs running free?

When you put them on your lap, cover it (the lap) with an old towel, and be sure you point their butts over the side, so you don’t get pooped on.

Good luck! Take pics!