Call Ducks or Bantams...Crazy Animals Around the Farm

[MagpieDucks]

Wendy laid her first egg at my house! View attachment 1289655

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

ooooo now dont you hate that

Yes. And one of the batteries has been charging all night and it still won’t work.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

True, can’t forget about quarantine

I am looking at a wood built coop. It is 5x6. But, according to the stats only 7 chickens should be in there. That just seems crazy. My chickens now all crowd in one area of the prefab coop. If I wanted, I feel like there would be enough space in there for 6 and that prefab is less than the suggested space already. What am I missing?

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I would do what your heart wants..Your asking Bird Crazy people to help you decide......

True. But, you are my peeps. Lol
I told her I am going to wait until April.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

It's quiet in here today.

 

[MagpieDucks]

It's quiet in here today.

Let's see...Brahma's playing with W&A, Shannon's probably busy hauling dux water....

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

The more you add in the more likely there is to be problems. I will share my bathroom to chickens analogy. Say you and 5 of your family members were forced to live in your bathroom with a small space outside, you could make it work if you like your family, but there would be occasional spats and disagreements.

Say they add in another 10 strangers, but they moved you to your living room. Now how are you gonna get along? Your family and you will be happy, but those strangers will take some time to accept. They may be nice and they may bully you. Say you all stay in the bathroom, and aren't given a bigger space, odds are there will be blood eventually.

Now say they let you have your whole house and yard. How will you get along? Probably lots better, everyone can tolerate each other, and everyone can get away, and go to separate areas. If more strangers are added than there's room for a reasonable amount.

Anyways, does that make sense? Some chickens can get along in a smaller set up, especially if raised together, but the bigger the better, you never know when a bully will crop up merely because it feels crowded and confined.

Hopefully I'm making sense, if not that wouldn't be unheard of.

Adding more birds will always add more stress. Each chicken needs a certain amount of territory. If the flock grows bigger than the territory, than you will see aggression as members try to drive the weak out.

I think it's quiet because it's some sort of take a break from devises day or something along those lines.

That is a great analogy. However, my husband who grew up on a diary farm says that my chickens have more space for body mass than his cows did.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Of course cows generally aren't cannibalizing their pasture pals.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Let's see...Brahma's playing with W&A, Shannon's probably busy hauling dux water....

Hmmm. Sounds plausible.

 

[CayugaJana]

Ours has always slept with us, pushes my husband out of bed, both of them fart all night, and Tilly gets whatever she wants because she's Daddys girl. That squishy face will get you to do anything.

Oh I’m loosing my marbles.... I hated house animals until last year. Now my lab is lonesome so we keep him in the house most of the time. White hair everywhere. I even let him sleep with me recently. I’m loosing it....