- May 28, 2008
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Hello all,
I just signed up today. We have been contemplating for a while now getting into chickens as a bit of a hobby, pet, egg producing thing. We homeschool our kids so I thought it would also be a good educational tool. I would really like to go with 8-10 hens so that not only would we have enough for ourselves, we could sell some of the eggs to friends/family/co-workers. Obviously not looking for income, jsut wanting the additional learning experience for the kids and if it pays for feed, BONUS
We live on a half acre. I assume this is large enough for that many chickens? I ahve been trying to read up on what I could. I think we would need an inclosed area. We have two dogs. One shouldn't be a problem, but the other is a border collie that will give chase. Not the ideal situation for free range. We will also need something pretty fortified as the dogs are in the house at night and we live next to a pretty dense woods.
I haven't really focused overly much on the breed yet. I am still up in the air on what kind of coop/yard we will need. I have looked at many many designs. It is all so mind boogling. I have been thinking of maybe getting a couple rabbit boxes to convert and put into a dog run? Some of those kits are so high priced, though I am not sure the above will necessarily be cheaper or safer.
Anyway, we are not yet ready to jump in. But getting closer, if I can ever decide to just do it and what it is I want to do or go with.
Thanks for reading,
Aurie
I just signed up today. We have been contemplating for a while now getting into chickens as a bit of a hobby, pet, egg producing thing. We homeschool our kids so I thought it would also be a good educational tool. I would really like to go with 8-10 hens so that not only would we have enough for ourselves, we could sell some of the eggs to friends/family/co-workers. Obviously not looking for income, jsut wanting the additional learning experience for the kids and if it pays for feed, BONUS

We live on a half acre. I assume this is large enough for that many chickens? I ahve been trying to read up on what I could. I think we would need an inclosed area. We have two dogs. One shouldn't be a problem, but the other is a border collie that will give chase. Not the ideal situation for free range. We will also need something pretty fortified as the dogs are in the house at night and we live next to a pretty dense woods.
I haven't really focused overly much on the breed yet. I am still up in the air on what kind of coop/yard we will need. I have looked at many many designs. It is all so mind boogling. I have been thinking of maybe getting a couple rabbit boxes to convert and put into a dog run? Some of those kits are so high priced, though I am not sure the above will necessarily be cheaper or safer.
Anyway, we are not yet ready to jump in. But getting closer, if I can ever decide to just do it and what it is I want to do or go with.
Thanks for reading,
Aurie