LittleBittyBigJohn
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- Joined
- Jun 7, 2021
- Messages
- 953
- Location
- Central Arkansas
- Tractor
- John Deere 1025R, Spartan SRT-XD 72" zero turn
I'm going to see how a build thread plays out as I've never done one before. I have a couple threads in Rural Living asking for help and ideas. This is the result of a few questions answered and ideas floating around in my head.
My family and I moved on to about a dozen acres last summer. Sold the house and bought a used mobile home to stay in until material prices go down... That's a whole other story, stuff is still expensive! We aren't really city slickers, but also haven't had our own land until now so, we are wide eyed and quickly trying to start all the little projects and hobbies that we have been thinking about for so long.
We got a few chickens and ducks in the early spring, almost as soon as the chicks became available around us. The picture below was after a week or two. 4 ducks and 14 chickens, one of each died. Chicken got the crusty butt and not sure why on the duck. He was fine the night before and dead the next morning.
I built the duck house first so they could be separated. (It's the little one).
Then I started dreading building the chicken coop. I had no idea how to start but found this. Too expensive and small to buy so I decided to build something like it.
More to follow.
My family and I moved on to about a dozen acres last summer. Sold the house and bought a used mobile home to stay in until material prices go down... That's a whole other story, stuff is still expensive! We aren't really city slickers, but also haven't had our own land until now so, we are wide eyed and quickly trying to start all the little projects and hobbies that we have been thinking about for so long.
We got a few chickens and ducks in the early spring, almost as soon as the chicks became available around us. The picture below was after a week or two. 4 ducks and 14 chickens, one of each died. Chicken got the crusty butt and not sure why on the duck. He was fine the night before and dead the next morning.
I built the duck house first so they could be separated. (It's the little one).
Then I started dreading building the chicken coop. I had no idea how to start but found this. Too expensive and small to buy so I decided to build something like it.
More to follow.