Recent content by Comaplata

I can verify that we are now allowed to keep chickens in Greenville County. The previous ordinance was shot down around Oct. of 2012 due to the many restrictions it contained. Stuff like you had to pay and have your coop inspected prior to purchasing birds and then have it inspected again every...

3 white leghorn hens 1 RIR hen 1 Black Silkie hen 5 barred rock chicks 3 RIR chicks 4 golden laced wyandotte chicks Plan on keeping my flock at 10 hens, so after the chicks get of age, i'll be giving away any roosters and/or extra hens to a friend.

I'll be leaving in a few hours to pick up a few Golden Laced Wyandottes that my local feed and seed is getting today. Are there any tips you can give me to better my pullet average like when choosing Barred Rocks? Thanks.

Last year my wife stopped by TSC to get dog food. She came home with 3 RIRs and 3 Cornish Rocks. This was a classic case of buying cute chicks with no planning. I crammed some research in and set out to building a brooder. After learning about cornish rocks, I had my wife stop and get 3 White...

This "hen" is 8 weeks old. Shes the only one with waddles, she stands taller than the others and just yesterday my wife put here hand in the coop to feed them a worm and this "girl" ran up and bit her hand and stood between her and the rest of the chickens like it was protecting them. Here is a...

Here's mine. I'm gonna do the peaked tarp roof as in the picture above and cover the openings on each end with chicken wire to keep the hawks out. I'm doing the peaked roof because the roof of my hen house opens up for cleaning.