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Thanks, all of you! I am waiting for the ground to thaw in the next month to install below ground fencing around the six foot privacy fence that encloses the hoop house where the flock will spend its second through fourth month of life. The hoop house has a fenced in bottom, is secure all the way around and under and so forth. The neighbors' dog will be kept out by security gates. My Husky is now 14 and so old that she is inside except for walks. Poor dear! My Lab loves (loved?) his chickens and slept with them, played with them, etc.. So this time we are wiser and better prepared. I fear that in her youth, my Husky might have inflicted damage on other's flocks, but I don't know. She is indoors now, and not much long for this world. I guess in a way, that problem solved itself.

We are excited for the new flock, and this time, with the new set up, I think my daughter will enjoy years of happy chicken keeping.

It is very nice to find people who are working through many of the same issues we have with their chickens, and have wisdom and knowledge to offer. I hope I can reciprocate!

Have a great day everyone!
 
Hello All!
Well, we have proven to be very weak when it comes to saying no to "can we get just one more?". We are up to 52 birds. Divided up as 32 egg layers in the barn and 15 bantams in the A-frame coop/run, 5 cochin (medium size/bantam) which will have a small house of their own and an attached run. Room is not an issue, as we put in a 65X25 fenced yard for them and have another half acre is we need to add on. I have a few questions that I am having a great deal of difficulty finding answers to on the internet.
We are looking at "showing" some - showmanship? -of the ornamental bantams, maybe at fair this year, if we can figure out how to do that.

My daughter would like to sell her eggs (these are her "business" chickens). I checked into business license in Nevada, and it is 200.00 to go that route. I doubt we will make 200.00 in her egg sales a year. Maybe. I don't think so. Anyway, I found advice that we could get a Production Certificate through the Nevada Department of Agriculture and such a thing would allow us to sell a farmers markets. Has anyone been there, done that? Does anyone have advice about selling eggs other than from our front porch? We would like to sell at Farmers Markets and maybe to a calling list of people.

Does anyone do the showmanship at the Elko County Fair? As far as I can tell, the 4-H club is the only venue to show through. We are no longer members of 4-H simply because of the vast amount of time we were required to put into it. My daughter would like to join again, but maybe a club that doesn't have two hour meetings twice a month and a long list of activities the kids are required to participate in? We were running ragged last time trying to keep up with everything.

Any advice is deeply appreciated!
 
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