Zoning laws in that city would allow us to have 30 chickens. That would go so fast! First the run they have there would definitely need to be expanded. It might hold our 10 right now but that's about it. The coop is a decent size, maybe 8x8, and is split into two sections already, each with their own door to the outside. One side doesn't have a run yet though so that would need to be done (easy enough).
On our list of wants:
a maran or two
a brabanter
another EE or two and/or a cream legbar
a rooster of some sort, thinking maybe a maran so the EE's would hatch olive eggers
a wyandotte or two - I really want a red laced blue
a brahma
an orpington or two (maybe a buff and a blue or lavender)
a welsummer
maybe a penedesenca
another polish or two
a white sultan
and we want to raise our own meat birds, probably a turken/cornish or rock mix. So let's see that, about 17 additional layers so that leaves us 3 meat birds. Actually we will have either the maran or welsummer in the batch of chicks we have now, so that's one off the list. And we'll have a bantam EE so we may only need 1 more of those. I think we only need 3-4 hens and a rooster for the meat birds. Plus, who's going to come count my chickens! I don't think it will matter if we are over a little the limit. Once our laying flock gets old we may just let the girls hatch chicks once a year to replace the older girls and have any roosters for meat. Then we wouldn't need a separate meat flock, except those breeds grow a little faster and I don't know if a once a year hatch would be enough to keep us fed all year.
So many decisions!
We also eventually want to get goats for dairy and meat (for dog food mainly) and a couple horses. I hope the house doesn't get sold before we have a chance to make an offer on it. DH is going to go see it Sunday morning. Today and tomorrow are his days off but the weather is raining and snowing these 2 days so he doesn't want to trek around the property in that. I don't blame him! He's already started doing the work on the current house that needs to be done before we can put it on the market. Our house is nowhere near ready to be shown! We have so many projects that need to be done that weren't a rush since we thought we had a year! Now we have a week, two at the most, to get everything done! AHHH!
There's actually an old homestead on 60 acres about a mile from the 10 acre house that's for sale for the same amount. It has a HUGE barn, loafing sheds, old barns, and ponds on the property. I'm sure the house needs a lot of work but we might take a look at that one this weekend too.
