Homesteading Chicken Coop Build, Chickens, Pond, Garden & Projects

Thank you!

 

Backyard Chicken and Biscuits....mmmm mmmm mmmm

 

Fantastic job Marvin!

 

Thats a good idea! The shavings are about 8 inches deep. I was watching a video from Carolina Coops (where I got the build idea) and they recommend using hemp as bedding and piling it deep. Apparently you only have to clean it about once or twice per year as long as you occasionally stir the bedding around. They claim the poop gets dried out by the time it reaches the floor using this method and makes for simple cleanup. We will see how it goes.

 

Thanks!

 

Thanks for the info
I am gonna steal your approach. I hope you don't mind

 

5 people, 68 chickens, 3.5 hours. Will weigh and prepare for freezer tonight

 

Here’s the weight of each chicken. A little smaller than I had hoped but the price of $1.89 per pound is pretty good so I’m happy. This was done with 3 neighbors and we each tried a different method of feeding. Steve did feed on all of the time, Jay tried feed on for 12 hours and off for 12 hours, and I did feed on 24/7 but also had a light in their coop each night. The last neighbor, this was her first time so she was just trying to figure things out. My birds were the biggest.

 

For some reason the new Lt. Brahma pullets seem to think they can get in thru the window at roost time.

 

Nice treats

 

I started out this spring with 16 chickens. Wouldn't you know, I ended up with 7 roosters. My wife was dead set against culling them. That's the reality of having chickens though, you've got to deal with the males one way or another. I guess that thought never occurred to her after all these years of having quails and finally this year switching to chickens. Regardless, I actually found a home for all but one rooster, on a farm where eventually they'll be culled. Nice farm life for them in the meantime dodging oxen and draught horses all day. I ended up keeping one rooster all summer. Finally my wife agreed this past week that it was time to dispatch him. The crowing became enough for her (and our next door neighbors too). He's been getting aggressive with the hens, going after me every time I feed the birds and generally strutting around like he's king you-know-what. Being well... a rooster. I took care of him this morning and hung him up to bleed out while I worked on our rabbit hutch...then forgot all about him all day until just now. Crap. What a waste. I'm sure if he is still hanging there when I get home later tonight he's been picked on by all sorts of bugs and critters. How absolutely stupid of me to forget about the rooster hanging out behind my wood shed. Ugh. Oh well, live and learn.

 

I’d feed him to the others they’ll eat the bugs too.

 

I had 2 leghorn roosters that crowed all the time! They were the first to go. Then I had a silver laced wyandotte that ran at my legs. I would have kept him but he got eaten by a raccoon. Since then, I have had a true blue that only crows once a day in the morning, and 2 bramahs that make a little crow, but it is very mild. I would suggest looking into those breeds. ... And they are also cool birds too.