Chicken Countdown: 320 Days
Well, I missed the window for buying chicks in 2008. I could get 25 males, but I am certain the neighborhood would rise up against us. I remember having five roosters and just wishing a predator would dispatch them. We ended up spray painting a piece of scrap lumber, with “FREE ROOSTERS,” propping it up on our mailbox. Not my finest hour, I parted with four little guys to five drunk guys who said “we’ll fight them, or just use them for eggs.” Right. Well, I was six months pregnant and couldn’t bear the thought of wringing their necks myself.
So, this blog will document the construction and planning for Chickens 2009. Photos to come.

Pete Schroebel said,
November 18, 2008 @ 5:28 pm
Hey getting Chickens ain’t hard I have 200+ and you are looking for “pullets” they are layers. I have Golden Bluffs, Barred Rocks, Sexlinks and Wyconda’s that lay blue eggs.
I love to babble about my hens and they seem to like me too.
Peter