If you have "pen/coop" what's stopping you? What small wildlife it common in your area? Are you going to "free-Range" or "Pen" your birds? Just remember in any circumstance- How well can you protect your birds best? I free-range; I expect to lose a few birds; just because my birds walk-free on my place; they are "inscect-control, cultivators, & scavenger's.
They earn their keep; I do find myself attached to the various personalities, scratching around in my yard; but try my best not to become overly-intimate with any specific bird; lest they become a target for any "unspecified-
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> What is the best book you've found for a newbie to read?
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