[goat granny]

What is really great about having your own chickens is that you get really great tasting eggs. Fresh from the coop, they taste much better than those bought at the store...I fed my chickens cracked corn and egg laying mash. Plus they are on their own, being let out in the morning...be sure to lock them up in the coop at night to keep the coons and stray cats from killing them...The chickens go into the coop on their own before the sun goes down and roost...Thats also where you keep their feed and water...Good luck, fresh eggs are delicious..

We started out with banty's and it took about 5 eggs to make up for 1 chicken egg..their eggs are small..:O)

[brwnsuga]

We got our daughter, who is 17, has a subscription to Mother Earth News. We found some chicken coop plans that we liked in there. Hopefully, our dream of chickens will come true one day. (For some reason, my baby girl is into....old fashioned things. She taught herself to knit and crochet, she wants to learn how to quilt and hunt. She bugged my husband to help her start her own garden in her own corner of the back yard. She also wants to learn to cook over an open fire. She is smart, charming, beautiful...and slightly loopy. We love her though.)