I have no big area right now - I am getting a large coop/run/pen that will hold many prob in a month or so. For now I have small flocks like 6-8 in a pen including 1 roo. They have bedding and dried leaves and things to play in. They seem pretty happy though I think I might have an extra rooster in with one of the other roosters and I’ll have to figure it out soon (I stuck two whites in there over the winter and I think they are girls but I don’t know 100%) and I’ll be taking those whites out.
The other pen is all Browns same thing 6-8 including 1 rooster.
Then a smaller pen with all boys. (I think, again some white in there) so it’s like a bachelor pad for now, and there may or may not be some fighting - so someone is gonna have to go. I was just using that one as a grow out, and no fighting during winter though that’s prob gonna change but it *may* not if there are no girls there... but there will be more room once I get the larger pen/run thing I want but I will still keep the meat birds separate in their own pens those are my big brown ones. I’ll do a couple large batches of those over the summer grow them out and then - ya know - freezer time.
Yes I am deathly allergic to dander!!! No dogs no cats! But I got stuck with the cats - two are outside only those were my daughters and they are happy to be outdoor cats, they seem to like the chickens when I let the chickens come out when it’s warmer and we spend a lot of time in the back on the deck. The other cat I found near deaths door she’s in the garage I can’t have her inside. I was going to try to let her outside with the other cats after winter but I gotta be honest she’s dumb as a box of rocks I think she’s got brain damage maybe from abuse? I don’t know. She seems confused a bit, one eye doesn’t close all the way... the girls got issues lol. But she seems ok in the garage, so whatever I guess it’s better than being dead at the end of the road?
I also would have taken the horse! Lol! I LOVE horses I grew up taking riding lessons and grooming/cleaning up after horses lol I worked for my lessons I was so desperate and they were expensive but just to be around them I was happy. And yes I am allergic to them as well! But dogs seem to be the absolute worst! Dogs and cats in houses. I can’t take it. I have to leave after a few mins, can’t breath gotta take my meds. So when we go to Florida and visit my friend we mostly sit outside cause she’s had cats her whole life. I also break out in hives lol. Outside is better I just can’t touch my hands to my face or anything if I have touched a cat/animal I have to wash them right away. I’ve had my lips swell up and I get hives LOL!
So I just take precautions and no furries in the house. Only birds in the house! (I have a slight allergy to birds as well but I’ve gotten used to them and I just deal with it) I’m pretty much allergic to all the trees, the grasses, the weeds, molds, roaches, dust mites... I deep clean the house once a week so dust doesn’t start to accumulate! I do it on Thursdays! Lol!
