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    Can anyone give me an idea of start-up costs?

    Thank you so much! I welcome many, many more comments and suggestions! We are a family of four. I bake a lot. We cook at home and rarely eat out. I have plenty of space here but like I said, it ain't ours. Hubby was thinking more along the lines of the top being covered too. I think as much...
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    Can anyone give me an idea of start-up costs?

    Not really sure where to post this .... I know that everything depends on the cost of the coop and the area of the country we are in. I'm looking at 4-6 laying hens to start with and need a portable coop (one that can literally move with us when we leave the place we are in, not necessarily...
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    pasturing chickens

    I read an article yesterday about portable coops and pasturing chickens so they are more free range than a run but more contained than free range. I loved the article but wondered if anyone else is actually doing it besides the author of the article. We live on a farm property but rent it. We...
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    hi!

    Hi there! We live in the NE GA in the country on my husband's grandparents' land. There are goats on one side of us and beef cattle on the other. We do not farm the farm we love on (except for our garden) and don't have chickens yet but I have wanted them for two years. Hubby finally agreed to...
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