Who had a farm?!
We are moving to an old farm house in the fall and I'm so excited it's so beautiful! The current renters have a chicken coop with chickens that they cannot take with them. My SO said we could keep them and I'm so excited. Anyone have tips for caring for them? I've been researching some online. We live in Ohio where it gets pretty cold if that matters.
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Thank you all so much! I'm pretty excited! I want to be able to buy my daughter baby chicks for Easter! I was thinking of getting a bunny too!
Chickens are great! They are really social if you handle them. My niece has one and it is her "baby". As pp said make sure they are warm in the winter months and have some kind of locking mechanism on the coop at night time so that other predators don't try to get to them. Since everything is already set up for them, they are probably used to it so it'll be easy to maintain them!
I live in Ohio and also have chickens. We see them more as livestock than pets... It helps me not to get too attached... I mean... We end up eating them. ?
Coop with nesting boxes, heated water bowl, or keep their water near the heat lamp. (You'll need a heat lamp in the winter.) Layer feed (assuming they're layers), we prefer crumbles. We also feed cracked corn, it helps to stretch out your feed. Keep your feed somewhere where mice can't get it! Coons will try desperately to get them (amongst other critters) so have a good door for your coop. Good luck!!