Our chickens were inherited from my brother he brought them for Grandma who lives with us.
Grandma has always had a garden and chickens, except for awhile she was living in a housing tract. Grandma has some Ameraucanas, a Plymouth rock and a Rhode Island Red.
When we got the opportunity to move to our little farm we wanted to be sure and have a garden and some chickens. We adopted a rooster and hen from some young folk who had them in the city and they needed a new home. Rooster is a great guy was easy to pick up till he grew into a adult now he jumps at you, but that's his job and he is doing a great one. They are Ameraucanas
and lay green/blue eggs.
Two weeks ago we bought some baby chicks and turkeys, the baby chicks are Road Island Reds, and Plymouth rock. The turkeys are bronze. Turkeys take about 24-28 weeks to get to be 18 lbs or more, if you don't want to eat them they will live up to 15 yrs.
We have used 10 lbs of chick starter in those 2 weeks, went to the feed store today and got 25 more lbs, while there we got 2 more baby turkeys and a baby Peking Duck.
Our chicken coop was made from recycled wood and tin. We use the free internet boards to obtain these materials, only thing we don't have a truck. One fellow gave us a huge shed to tear down we made several trips in the back of our old saturn. You would be surprised what you can haul in a little car. I think the only thing we had to buy is some post cement. The chickens love it and it keeps them warm and dry in the winter.
The chicken fencing came from the same place, and poultry netting. Now that we are getting more chickens we are thinking of enlarging the pen.
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