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Hi Mahlzeit. I got about 60 x 150 of backyard that I can fully dedicate to a small backyard homestead. It's amazing what can be done with some planning and sustainability. I'd like to end up with somewhere around 7-10 hens, 3-5 ducks and 1 maybe 2 dairy goats. Plus around another 60x50 for a greenhouse and some square foot beds, etc. This is the first winter with chickens so that's my main concern now. I lost one of my first two rocks to sepsis. By time I realized there was a problem she was already pretty sick. It was a tough lesson but I learned a lot about my chickens as a result and also found a bird vet that knows poultry not far in Northport. I also had 1 of the 3 buff orpington chicks I got in July turn out to be a rooster. So far I still got him in with the other 3 all along now since I have not been eating the other layers eggs now anyway because she developed a dirty bottom so I decided to worm them all. Next week the other 2 buffs hit 24 weeks so it's going to be an interesting winter. I've been considering getting an incubator and trying to hatch their eggs in Jan/Feb. If not I'll have to find somewhere else for him.
It's great to see so many other posts. So do you have any chickens now?
It's great to see so many other posts. So do you have any chickens now?