Six Bar Ranch
In the Brooder
- Sep 15, 2017
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We are fairly new to chickens. We currently live in Northern California on 28 acres and have 5 horses, horseback riding lesson / boarding business and 3 German Shepherds (who are chicken friendly..but never left unsupervised near chickens because they are......German Shepherds). We currently have 13 chickens; 5 Rhode Island Reds, 3 Barred Rocks, 2 Black Australops, 1 Black Jersey Giant, 1 Welsummer and 1 Welsummer/Wyandette cross. They are in a large fenced area with their coop, grass and sunflower beds. They range in age from 3 years to 16 weeks. My husband is currently building me a very large coop on wheels that we can move around our pastures with 12 nesting boxes, large perching areas, solar lights, and solar dusk/dawn automatic door. We will use portable electric fencing to keep them and their eggs safe from predators and they have overhead protection in the event of chicken hawks. I am looking to add about 12-15 more chickens for the pasture coop area which will be roughly 1700 SF. I am having such a great time with our chickens and my cousin nailed it. Chickens are like potato chips...you can't have just one 
Looking forward to all of the sharing of information.
Looking forward to all of the sharing of information.
Loved your intro and so happy you've decided to join us
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