rennyheff
Chirping
- Sep 11, 2021
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Good Morning, I am just stumbling onto this group and getting ready to add our first ever chicks to the family! I am a permaculture gardener (Back to Eden method) living in the High Desert of California, and now that our garden is established, I am ready to dive into chicken keeping. My husband and I have a baby who giggles and squeals every time he sees a chicken, so I am confident that this will be a welcome addition to our home.
My goal currently is to have the brooder, coop, and feeding/watering systems in place before bringing them home. I'd love to have them as early as this fall if possible! I've already checked with my city's zoning laws, and now I'm researching things like potential health hazards and predator protections. I'm also wondering if I should be looking into a certain kind of vet for chickens other than the one we use for our cats and dogs.
I've heard it said that chicken coops smell and it has been advised to keep the coop away from the house or immediate backyard, but there is a perfect spot under our almond tree right outside our backdoor that I think they would love, and if I'm correct, I think properly maintaining the coop should keep smells at bay? I'd like to keep the chickens close so that we can enjoy their supervised free ranging, and if the coop is close by I will be more likely to catch or manage problems that arise. We also have a gentle, motherly lab who can help me keep chickens safe by annoying the local stray cat, affectionately named Ole Farmer Keeks.
Glad to be here! I'm excited to learn more here!
My goal currently is to have the brooder, coop, and feeding/watering systems in place before bringing them home. I'd love to have them as early as this fall if possible! I've already checked with my city's zoning laws, and now I'm researching things like potential health hazards and predator protections. I'm also wondering if I should be looking into a certain kind of vet for chickens other than the one we use for our cats and dogs.
I've heard it said that chicken coops smell and it has been advised to keep the coop away from the house or immediate backyard, but there is a perfect spot under our almond tree right outside our backdoor that I think they would love, and if I'm correct, I think properly maintaining the coop should keep smells at bay? I'd like to keep the chickens close so that we can enjoy their supervised free ranging, and if the coop is close by I will be more likely to catch or manage problems that arise. We also have a gentle, motherly lab who can help me keep chickens safe by annoying the local stray cat, affectionately named Ole Farmer Keeks.
Glad to be here! I'm excited to learn more here!
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