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I ordered 15-16 chicks from Meyers (they may include more?) and will be receiving them the first week of april. I'm going to start building the coop and was wondering what size coop building to construct. I remember on here seeing how many sq. ft. each bird needs but cant remember. What size...

meyer hatchery has a min. order of 3 but I think you pay big time on shpping cost with that number of birds.....I just ordered 16 from them....

16 - 18 inches ....around there should be fine.....

for roos I ordered a buff orpington and a new hampshire red.....we'll see what happens...

I would keep the hens a few years at least......they wont slow much

today 55 degrees and sunny.....tomorrow 25 and accumulating snow. c'mon spring!

Thats handy....thanks!

cant wait......thanks for all the hard work...

yep......will need a roo for hatchin...........

Quote: Well, I work with teenagers and know that not all teenage activities necessarily portray the outcome of the adult! Gash is certainly getting more independent and I want him to be a good roo, so I'm trying to keep him in "check" Sorry, I thought you was making a joke by saying...

haha......"teeneager"....good one....

running.....YEP!

Daaaaaaaaaaaa Bearssssssssssssssss Bears fan but pulling for the Packers at this point.......good luck cheeseheads on a back to back!

Quote: Well said......thats some good info for a beginner like me. I posted this else where but maybe you could give me your opinion on roosters. I'm ordering approx. 15 chicks and was wondering what the hen/rooster ratio should be? Should I order one roo, two? three? for this size of flock...

Vina8- Did you order them last year for february or do you have a pending order for this february?? If you ordered these birds last year how do you like them? I am ordering basically the same birds, only through Meyers.

Good Deer season here in Illinois. Everything seemed to kick into high gear later than usual and was finding quite a few fresh rubs in mid-late december. Shot a 140 buck second firearm season with a muzzleloader. now i'm lookin forward to spring turkey!

Mid 50's the next couple days ...in January....in central illinois, theres surely a catch....i'm sure we'll pay for this! btw I noticed our fruit trees are really starting to bud out...yikes.

I would be ordering from an online hatchery ...... I've had my mind set on RIR, NHR, BR or BO but open to anything.....just dont want anything considered a 'rare' or 'fancy' breed....right now only planning on 1 roo for a flock of around 15-20. considered getting two but I dont know if i'd run...

if you were ordering one rooster for your flock what breed would you buy based on temperment, hardiness, etc? (Im only interested in standard/production breeds) Would like to hear others opinions. Thanks!

If I were you I'd save a trip to KFC and take care of some business....