I am a kid trying to convice his parents to have chickens! Please help!

[Chickadee-23]

I'm glad you can get some chickens in couple months, I read some where u want to breed and sell baby chicks, i have a lot of experience with that since i been doing for 3 years, so if u have any questions on any info i be glad to answer them

 

[SwedishDude99]

The last dimension was height. Believe me, you could NOT get 20 birds into that coop lol. That would be problematic.

Sorry you posted while I was typing I guess. I meant that my coop could fit 20 birds. Yours could fit 6.

 

[Papas Chickens]

No I mean I have 84 sq ft lol sorry I should have been clearer. I have 9 birds.

Lol not a problem I was just thinking that a heck of alot of birds lol

 

[SwedishDude99]

Haha there is no way I could handle 84 birds.

 

[Papas Chickens]

Haha there is no way I could handle 84 birds.

I can bareley handle my 40 plus my 5 Gunea Keets lol

 

[ILoveChickens01]

No I mean I have 84 sq ft lol sorry I should have been clearer. I have 9 birds.

Thanks for clarifying! My dad said it might even be sooner than 2 months! I will definitely post photos of my birds .

Another question:

My parents #1 complaint was the stench. How bad is it for 5 chickens?

 

[Chickadee-23]

It depends on how often u clean them, i clean my bigger chickens coop & run twice a month and i have 4 of them, my bantams never stink i clean theirs once a month and nest boxes i clean once a week, but i put fresh pine shavings on floor probably every other week, if u keep it clean reguarly u be good the bantams dont stink at all i have 6 in one coop their less odor hope this helps

 

[ILoveChickens01]

It depends on how often u clean them, i clean my bigger chickens coop & run twice a month and i have 4 of them, my bantams never stink i clean theirs once a month and nest boxes i clean once a week, but i put fresh pine shavings on floor probably every other week, if u keep it clean reguarly u be good the bantams dont stink at all i have 6 in one coop their less odor hope this helps

Hey! Thanks for the info.


I totally missed your last post on breeding chicks. I have a few questions on that:

You use an incubator right? I want to hatch all year round, so I think that makes sense. Also, I have a generator, so power outages is not a problem.

What breeds do you breed? Do you cross breed?

Thanks!

 

[couturnixquail]

I have 4 game hens 1 Easter egger and a game rooster i don't smell anything at all

 

[ILoveChickens01]

I have 4 game hens 1 Easter egger and a game rooster i don't smell anything at all

What bedding material do you use? How often do you change it?