Hello from Walton County, Georgia!

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jenamh

jenamh

In the Brooder
5 Years
May 14, 2014
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Walton Co., Georgia
Hi There!
Chicken newbie here. We just got our six silkies this week. They are 2-3 weeks old, and I'm crossing my fingers the 50/50 odds work in my favor for more hens.. :)
Our coop is a nice doghouse we will be adding nesting boxes to later on when the silkies get closer to laying, and our run area will be a 10'x20' kennel cage. We plan on getting goats next year, so the chicken pen needed to be the tougher material since the run will be in the goat area. The idea is to be able to let them roam in the larger fenced area sometimes for variety and more of a free-range feeling. If this is a baaaaahhhhd (goat pun intended) idea, please let me know!
On a personal level, my husband Jason and I are newlyweds, no children yet, but our other fur-babies include 3 ferrets (Banjo, and rescues: Coby and deaf Blondie), 3 cats (Amadeus and 2 kittens that are currently 7 weeks old that we saved at 2 weeks: Otis and Callie), and Buddy the pureblood golden retriever that someone dumped as a puppy near our house last summer - their loss! He is an incredibly sweet dog. If you count the chicks.. that is 13 animals under the roof at the moment. ...my husband sure does love me! :)
 
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Welcome to BYC!

So glad you could join our community! The one issue with goats in with chickens is that the goats will eat a lot of chicken feed. And be careful of your dog. No matter how sweet he is. Most dogs see chickens as dinner. Many many threads in the emergency section daily on how the dog ate our chickens. So be careful with this.

But we do welcome you to our flock! Enjoy this new adventure you are on and if you have any questions, that is what we are here for.
 
TwoCrows said:
Welcome to BYC!

So glad you could join our community! The one issue with goats in with chickens is that the goats will eat a lot of chicken feed. And be careful of your dog. No matter how sweet he is. Most dogs see chickens as dinner. Many many threads in the emergency section daily on how the dog ate our chickens. So be careful with this.

But we do welcome you to our flock! Enjoy this new adventure you are on and if you have any questions, that is what we are here for.
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Thanks!

Good point about the goats. :) They will be blocked from entering the 10'x20' run which will be exclusive to the silkies. We'll just have to fashion up a special access point for the chickens to keep the goats from entering in too when I have them on free-range. Not quite sure how we will do that yet...

Buddy the dog won't be allowed into any area with the chickens. We briefly had a rooster on our property last summer that we had to give away when Buddy appeared. "Roostie" didn't have a special pen or anything so he went back to the friend he came from. The games of chase were a bit too close for comfort!
 

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