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tracyk914

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Hello! I am looking to add chickens to my suburban property this season, we can have 4 hens. Especially looking for winter hardy feathered friends as we reside in Wisconsin. Hoping to find tips and tricks with a coop/run set up for this small flock.

With two young children (3 and 4), I am really interested in introducing them to having animals and chores (I grew up on a farm, but chickens will have to do for now!). By day I am busy designing and overseeing landscape construction on residential outdoor living projects, but I generally love nature, growing my own food in an ever expanding garden, and slow time with my family. Looking to keep life simply and memorable for my young family!

I stumbled upon this group though a facebook search, hoping to be inspired and educated by other's experiences raising chickens in their own yards.
 
tracyk914 said:
Hello! I am looking to add chickens to my suburban property this season, we can have 4 hens. Especially looking for winter hardy feathered friends as we reside in Wisconsin. Hoping to find tips and tricks with a coop/run set up for this small flock.

With two young children (3 and 4), I am really interested in introducing them to having animals and chores (I grew up on a farm, but chickens will have to do for now!). By day I am busy designing and overseeing landscape construction on residential outdoor living projects, but I generally love nature, growing my own food in an ever expanding garden, and slow time with my family. Looking to keep life simply and memorable for my young family!

I stumbled upon this group though a facebook search, hoping to be inspired and educated by other's experiences raising chickens in their own yards.
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Welcome! This site is 10,000 times better than FB in my opinion and in terms of farm-related things. Good luck!
 
Welcome to backyard chickens!!

What qualities are you looking for in your chickens? Do you want a breed that lays tons of eggs or a dual purpose breed (meat and eggs)? Do you want hens that will go broody?

As far as the space requirements for your coop, it is best to have 1sq of roosting space per chicken and 1 or 2 nesting boxes. You could probably get away with 1, but 2 gives the hens more space for laying.

Are you planning to move your hens to fresh grass daily or are you looking into a permanent run/coop?
 

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