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.
need suggestions.... So at work we have a drink thief. Any time we put a drink in the fridge it disappears. I swear I know who it is. So far he's taken drinks from everyone that works in the office, we even put a sign to not take anything you didn't pay for and wrote our names on the drinks. The person I think is taking them works out of the office so we never get to see who is drinking them.
School fees Having an intense debate on Facebook about school fees for public school. I'm in the "stop whining about school fees and stop having kids if you can't afford them" camp and there is the other camp of "free school is a constitutional right! It's bull s*** we have to pay anything at all".
I think we finally have our names!! So excited to finally have names!
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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!!
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Omg I want chickens lol. My father in law had chickens and they were like dogs following him around everywhere. It was so sweet ?
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*Bows* ?? *Bows*
Thank you
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Eee-I-e-i-o
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A moo-moo, Old Mc.Donald had a farm
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Moo-moo there, here a Moo
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With a moo moo here and a
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Eee-i-e-i-o
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And on his farm he had a.....
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Eee-i-e-i-o.
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Old McDonald.
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Yes and you could do a cute little Easter photo shoot! I have a bunny too lol I guess I pretty much just have a farm! ?
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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!
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My BIL used backyardchickens.com when he was starting up.
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Omg you are living my entire dream! I want a farmhouse so so badly! Sorry, I grew up with chickens in the tropics so I have no advice :(
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I have chickens! It gets in the negative during winter where I live too. They're pretty easy to care for and there's nothing better than fresh eggs- so different from store bought. Just do your research!
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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!
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Chickens are pretty tough. Just make sure their coop is bedded with plenty of hay during the winter, and especially if they are laying hens. My grandpa always fed his table scraps along with regular milled corn ?
Watch out for snakes in summer hiding where the eggs are too.
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No idea sorry just saying im jealous?? Goodluck!