Poultry Palace
As many have deduced from the articles posted on the Farm Health page we have some definite ideas about what is right and wrong with much of the foods we eat every day. Early on as we planned to put Rose of Sharon Farm together we knew we would be raising poultry both for eggs and meat. Thus it follows that if we were going to have chickens we would need a chicken coop - hence the Poultry Palace.
We got the basic structure up and as you can see it is well ventilated and well lit. We didn't get it completely painted because of the weather but should be able to get to it before winter.
And here she is, Sharon, Queen of the Chickens! These little critters ar only about 16 hours old. We got 200 hundred of them shipped from Iowa with only one casualty!
When we opened up the boxes the chicks jumped right out and began looking for their first drink and some food.
Thirteen days and feathering well!
Margaret the throwback. – meet Margaret, she seems to be 100% Rhode Island Red based on my years of raising them. The other chicks are called “Red Star”, a hybrid that appears to be heavily imfluenced by the Rhode Island Red breed.
Here we are at four weeks.
Four weeks old and already struttin' his stuff for the ladies, Fogghorn T. Leghorn is the only rooster spotted out of the 200 chicks we got.
I can just hear it now: "Boy! Ahem! I say boy! Why aren't you payin' attention to me boy! (aside: I swear that boy is one sandwich shy of a picnic)"