I have a white leghorn cock and two silver laced Wyandottes for sale. All three for $20 or trade for one 50lb bag of chicken feed pellet crumble. Just reducing the flock size by three. These are nice looking birds, and the hens are great layers an
Read more…We're planning to butcher some ducks and turkeys in the near future.
Would anyone who's thinking about raising birds for food like to join us to learn about it before doing it themselves? This is the hardest part of the process, and experiencing gent
Read more…My family is new to backyard chickens. We have 7, 4 are 14 weeks, 3 are 11 weeks. One of our 14 weeks is a rhode island red, and was running around like normal all day today. I went to put them in their enclosure when we were leaving to go out and
Read more…we've just finished an addition to our coop & would like to get 2 more layers. any idea where the best place to get 6 month old girls?
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Have a one-year-old daughter and have found more scorpions in our home this year than all past six years combined! Agh! My husband has wanted to raise chickens (for eggs and because he loves them, lol) forever and now I am convinced because I
I am looking for some good laying hens. I currently have 7 and want to double my flock. I would be interested in all breeds as long as they are good layers. They will be feed organic feed, organic fruits and veggies, corn, and will have plenty of
Read more…I'm just wondering if I need to worry about my chickens staying warm enough with these cold temps. I'm in NW Phoenix and the girls are now 3.5 months old. Do you think they need a lamp? I'd love any input. Thanks much!
Read more…Hello all-I designed the graphics (booklet, tshirt + poster) for the tour de coops that happened this past saturday- but unfortunately, there wasn't an opportunity to the poster out en masse. We printed a few ourselves, and hung them up at Lux coffee
Read more…Hello folks,The inaugural Tour de Coops is right around the corner, December 5 from 10am to 3pm! Due to a few cancellations, we'd very much like to have a few more coop owners sign on to have their coops included on the Tour.I'd love to get an email
Read more…i have etxtra chicks! different breeds, all layers. i got a mixed group of rainbow layers from mcmurray hatchery, hatched on 9-16. so they are hens but i am not sure of the breeds.I have more than i need. if you a nervous about tiny chicks i can hold
Read more…Hello everyone,my problem is reaching a critical point now two of my hens are crowing like roosters (very loud roosters). I live in an area with some picky neighbors and most likely will get a complaint sooner rather than later.I have read the posts
Read more…Hello folks,The Tour de Coops is a self-guided tour of the Valley's urban chicken coops scheduled for December. If you've got urban chickens, we'd like to talk with you about including your coop on the Tour to help educate Phoenix about the awesomene
Read more…OK, saw this one at Superstition Farm today:Take a medium to large cooler, cut a hole large enough for a rabbit or other small animal to fit through. Then put a plastic bottle (water bottle, soda, or any other kind of 16 oz or larger bottle) frozen w
Read more…Yesterday after checking out their post on craigslist, I went up to the feedlot, which is pretty far for most of us at 19th ave and deer valley (2020 W. Adobe is the exact address) but man did they have a HUGE selection of breeds. The operation is ru
Read more…Hi All just want to remind you that I have a chicken plucker available for those that may be starting or finishing their flock of meat chickens. We built ours about a year ago and so far have harvested ducks, turkeys and chickens with it. It really m
Read more…Hello fellow chicken/livestock lovers. I am so excited to find this group & love the permie website.I have to say that its the best social community I have ever found on the web...I feel like I found a great place to meet like minded people. I live i
Read more…Hi,I am looking for a supplier that can supply me with organic chicken feed. I live in Central Florida and we have started raising our own chickens, and now we sell the over flow of them. I would like to offer my customers that purchase our chickens
Read more…Fellow Chicken and/or Rabbit Keepers:This is not an attempt to sell anything, just want to pass on a great deal to fellow permies. I just bought my second Chick-n-Hutch from this kind soul who is offering them for about $50, who is also local near PV
Read more…If anyone is interested, someone is selling a flock of Serama Bantams on Craigslist. It sounds like they have quite a few hens & roosters. They are supposed to be the smallest chickens in the world. Just go to http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/grd/91
Read more…I am so excited! I want to get 2-3 chickens and would like some advice on which ones you all might recommend; I want fresh eggs in the morning :) I have signed up for Myron's next Raising Chickens in Your Backyard class but thought I'd get some ideas
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