Where do you live? We were set on free ranging but we're in Virginia so there are hawks, foxes, raccoons, and on it goes. I'm wondering if it would just be better to make an enclosure with cover. We were planning to be out with them a lot but I've heard accounts of hawks taking chickens right in...
We got ours at TSC locally. They were better priced online compared to others- we are budget conscious. But we also liked the idea of going in, mixing and matching, picking out specific ones (esp the children). In the end we paid $4.50 per pullet chick and we had 4 kinds to pick from. They're...
We are raising our first round of chicks - just picked them up yesterday. We realize our timing groups us with the supposed desperate inflation newbies but we've been wanting this since well before the pandemic. Long story short we were finally able to buy a house where chickens (and gardens!)...