Comments on: Rootsy Responds: Raising Backyard Chickens for Beginners https://rootsy.org/raising-backyard-chickens-for-beginners/ Your Foundation for Simple Living Mon, 06 Jan 2025 04:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Melissa Nolte https://rootsy.org/raising-backyard-chickens-for-beginners/#comment-875 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:10:08 +0000 https://rootsy.org/?p=4735#comment-875 Hi Shelle!

I wanted to let you know that I love this idea of community supported answers and would be thrilled to be a part of your month’s end post.

I recently addressed your Rootsy Responds CSA in two posts;

Raising Chickens for Beginners, An Easy Weekly Guide
http://faintingfox.com/raising-chickens-for-beginners-an-easy-weekly-guide/

and 5 Must Have Supplies Your New Chicks Need
http://faintingfox.com/supplies-you-need-to-have-before-you-bring-your-new-chicks-home/

I believe that being prepared and knowing what to expect is a huge time and sanity saver for new chicken keepers.

]]> By: Rosemary https://rootsy.org/raising-backyard-chickens-for-beginners/#comment-854 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 13:54:52 +0000 https://rootsy.org/?p=4735#comment-854 Prepare your sight. Where will you put a coop and make sure its adequate for your weather: insulated, ventilation, sunlight and secure. Have nesting boxes prepared for eggs, have a roosting bar or two and decide what to use in your coop. We find shavings to be best.

Be predator prepared. If you have air predators consider a chicken cage versus free range. If you have land predators again the chicken cage is a great idea. It’s all about the site: not too shady, but not all sun, and ensure it’ll aways be on dry land.

]]> By: Carrie Weakland https://rootsy.org/raising-backyard-chickens-for-beginners/#comment-853 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 13:38:11 +0000 https://rootsy.org/?p=4735#comment-853 Make sure you have everything you will need for your chickens before you get them.
When I got my first chickens, I made a list and made sure I had everything ready to go. Except the chicken coop. I thought I had plenty of time to make my own while the chicks grew in the brooder. I was wrong. It took twice as long to build my own coop, and I had to make a temporary shelter.

]]> By: Kathryn https://rootsy.org/raising-backyard-chickens-for-beginners/#comment-849 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:49:01 +0000 https://rootsy.org/?p=4735#comment-849 I would say the best thing is to not start out with too many chickens at the beginning. Having a smaller flock makes it easier to learn as you go.

We started out with three chickens and then jumped up to twelve really fast. In our small yard twelve was just too many and it created problems. Once we dropped our numbers back down to three to six birds a lot of the issues we were having magically went away.

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