Howdy,
So today I'm doing some plumbing on our house, and go out to the curb to turn off the water and I see a flock of baby chickens by the water meter. My wife is a bird lover, so I let her know about them, and next thing I know we are grabbing them up and tossing em in a rubbermaid tote. We got maybe half of the flock and the rest scurried off into the woods.
So, when I go to Lowes to get my pipe fittings I grab a sheet of OSB and some 2x3s and some chicken wire, and after getting the water turned back on for the house I put together a rather nice 4'x4'x20" chicken coop which is now sitting in my kitchen with 6 small chicks in there.
We added a water bowl and my wife gave them some of her Cockatiel food which they seemed to enjoy. Tomorow I'll stop by Tractor Supply and grab some chicken feed.
This is my first time raising chickens, and we really weren't planning on starting a backyard flock, but here we are, and Google keeps bringing me back to this site with every chicken related question I ask it, so I figured I'd join up and see if anyone has any advice.
I really don't know how old they are, but their bodys are about the size of my fist.
Adding a pic of my $20 coop, just because.
Thanks for any tips you can offer.
eb
So today I'm doing some plumbing on our house, and go out to the curb to turn off the water and I see a flock of baby chickens by the water meter. My wife is a bird lover, so I let her know about them, and next thing I know we are grabbing them up and tossing em in a rubbermaid tote. We got maybe half of the flock and the rest scurried off into the woods.
So, when I go to Lowes to get my pipe fittings I grab a sheet of OSB and some 2x3s and some chicken wire, and after getting the water turned back on for the house I put together a rather nice 4'x4'x20" chicken coop which is now sitting in my kitchen with 6 small chicks in there.
We added a water bowl and my wife gave them some of her Cockatiel food which they seemed to enjoy. Tomorow I'll stop by Tractor Supply and grab some chicken feed.
This is my first time raising chickens, and we really weren't planning on starting a backyard flock, but here we are, and Google keeps bringing me back to this site with every chicken related question I ask it, so I figured I'd join up and see if anyone has any advice.
I really don't know how old they are, but their bodys are about the size of my fist.
Adding a pic of my $20 coop, just because.
Thanks for any tips you can offer.
eb