Hello, I just started thinking of getting chickens. I live in a rural area in Southeastern Wisconsin. We have 3.5 acres. I've been here for about 25 years and never thought of raising chickens until last week.
One of my questions is about vacations. Could I ever go on a trip and leave the chickens for a few days without a chicken sitter?
My husband has a shed that is just holding some cedar shingles in it right now. It is about 12' by 9.5'. It is uninsulated. I thought of having him move that and use it for the coop. I was only thinking of getting about 6 chickens, so that would probably be too big. We also have an old pop up camper that my husband is going to salvage parts from for our other pop up; then he could use that for a coop. Any ideas?
I homeschool and still have 4 daughters at home (12-17yrs old). They are excited about the idea. My husband isn't too excited. Anyway, if I decided to get chickens for meat, how do you keep from the "pet" mentality? My husband thinks we should get meat chickens as well as layers.
I found one supplier that is nearby that has a limit of 15 chickens in an order. Would that be too many to start with? I liked the orpingtons, leghorns, and Rhode Island reds from that site.
What is the best book you've found for a newbie to read?
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