Ronna, I tried my silkies with my standard breeds and my egg layer chickens were mean to them. If you are going to get larger hatchery bred silkies rather than the vaulted skull show/pet, they might be ok. Even George keeps his silkis separate from his egg layers.
I bought my farm up north with cash too. Both sides of the Ausable River w/ acreage, then bought another 5.6 acres. I need to build barns too. Since there are so many predators I think I will build another garage for the car, ORV's, tractors, et... and use my 2.5 car attached garage as my pens and coop. I have an area off to the side I can triple pen from bears, et... My mud room can double as my hatchery and my brooder room. I am going to sell part of my woods where the trees are too close to finance my building.
I'd like to add a built in closet with washer, dryer, and built in ironing board. Cathryn
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "Ronna Smalley" <rjsmalley@...> wrote:
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> My plans (subject to change if there is a better way) is to house 4 to 6 Australorps for eggs and meat. in a 6 x 10 foot chicken tractor. In a separate tractor we plan to raise Peking ducks for meat.
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> We are closing on our homestead tomorrow or Friday. We live our lives using cash. We are purchasing the homestead with cash only. There is no barn on the property and will be about 4 months before we can build using cash only. We want to get our chickens and ducks started because it will take a while for them to mature and begin to lay. There are also a lot of coyotes and other predators in the area. A chicken tractor and a separate duck tractor we enable us to begin our quest with a minimum outlay of cash for the present.
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> Hopefully in 4 months when the barn is built, the birds will be able to free range and just be locked-up safely in the barn at night or during bad weather. At that point we will use the tractors to grow out rabbits and maybe quail.
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> Blessings,
> Ronna - finally in Central Texas
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