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Just dirt for us! I throw a big pile of leaves in there whenever I rake, too. That gives them something to do, and mulches the leaves down for me to remove and compost later.

I do! It works fabulously. I only use it under the roost, so I just needed one bag (50#?) from Home Depot. It's about 1" thick, and that has been plenty.

She has a lot of variety, you're just picky :P I got these breeds from her: Salmon Fav, Golden Cuckoo & Blue Copper Marans, Cream Legbar, olive egger (F1 and F2), Bielefelder, and Rhodebar.

I've gotten most of my birds from Secret Hills. It's a long drive for us from Orange County, but her birds are worth it!

Hi Anton, Tell us about where you are and your reasons for wanting to start with chickens. We can point you in good directions.

I agree. While I purchased my first birds as pets, we have since then gotten some "accidental roosters," and decided to raise and process them, rather than handing them back to the breeder to be killed at 5 weeks old. We enjoyed the meat so much that we're now raising a few meat birds, and...

I think it would be the slowest moving parade ever. You'd have to stop at every grass patch to scratch and peck.

We should host the first official chicken parade of Euclid. *starts making chicken leashes*

I'm at Euclid and Ball!!!

I love my girls from Secret Hills Ranch in Alpine. If you want REALLY heat hardy, consider naked necks. My Easter Egger is not as heat hardy as my Rock or Welsummer. This is a pretty useful breed selecting tool: http://www.mypetchicken.com/chicken-breeds/which-breed-is-right-for-me.aspx Laws...

Hello hello! Since there are so many of us, I suppose we could start an OC thread... but lots of cool stuff happens outside the OC, so it's good to keep an eye out here to see what's going on. What kind of chicks did you get, and what did you add this weekend?

Hey everyone, I'm looking to get about 5 meat birds to raise from chicks. I'd be happy to buy from someone here, or go in on an order with others (minimum is usually 25). I'm leaning towards Freedom Rangers, but I could be swayed towards black/red broilers. I'd be willing to brood them for...

Thanks! It is a very nice egg. :). I'm very excited for the others to start, too!

Because I know we all love egg pics... my Welsummer laid her first egg yesterday. It's a very nice warm brown with lots of tiny speckles. It makes a nice compliment to the pink-brown and blue eggs I'm already getting from my other 2 hens. Next up: 5 pullets on their way to POL this spring.

I LOVE my exchequer! She's so pretty, and very sweet for a leghorn.

Ha ha! Cars FULL of chickens!

UrbanFarmOC and I have shared vaccines. It's tough, though, since we live 20 mins away from each other. We can either split the vaccine and only mix 1/2 of it (a tricky thing to do with no scientific scales around) or hurry to do our birds and hope we make it to the other's house on time. For...

If all else fails, mypetchicken.com sells hatching eggs. My Wellie from them is very nice, and I think she does well by the standard.

This is our run- the original iteration and the subsequent extension (3 nesting boxes below and 6' of roosting space above).

I'm happy with my open-air coop! I'll post pics again soon. This recent rain has thrown a bit of a wrench in the works , though, and I'm starting to brainstorm on a good removal rain cover for the run.