So here we are after weeks of prep. We bought a Chicken Coop, Solar Powered Chicken Door Opener, Rodent proof feed feeder as well as all of the material to keep them safely in a secured open area. Although we were cut up and bruised along the way, we're happy with the way things are turning out so far. A few weeks back on the way back home to the city we took a detour to Highland NY where there was a Tractor Store Tail Gate and everyone was selling goats, pigs, chickens and every other imaginable livestock.
When we got there all of the chickens were snatched up but we did meet a woman selling her chicken eggs that told us about an economical way to give them water. Jim and I bought 3 of these stainless steel watering pails for $35 each. She told us about these plastic nipples that are drilled into the bottom of a 5 gallon pail. She loved them and preached about how since it's above the chickens, there's no way for the water to get contaminated with their FECAL matter AND it saves water since it's not spilled all over the place. We brought the stainless steel pails back to the tractor store and bought a few of these nipples. I'll write next time about how they're working out.
Next Sunday, April 29th in Chatham they're supposed to be selling 4H chickens. 4H is a group similar to the boy scout which teaches kids about farming. They raise these chickens from eggs and then sell them just before school ends. Jim and I are going to be there bright and early to get the pick of the litter. We've been reading up on them and we'll get a few different ones...4 or 5.
Today we finished putting up the fence and gate and there are just a few last minute things we'll do and it'll be good to go!
Here are some pictures:
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| Here's the spot we picked a few weeks ago. Surprise, surprise when we started digging we found old remnants of an old chicken coop in the same spot! |
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| Here's the beginning of the Chicken Palace! sort of sounds like a fried chicken place :( |
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