TxFlyGuy
Chirping
My wife and I should be closing on our new house next week. We are moving from Houston to Rhome, TX where we are buying a double wide on an acre. I am not brand new to raising chickens but I am certainly a novice. I have been lurking on these forums for quite a while and even raised six RIR chicks in a yard that was really too small for them.
Now, I come to you asking what would you do with my new back yard? I plan to raise enough chickens to be able to have an endless supply of eggs for about 5 people and sell eggs, hatching eggs, and chicks to supplement the costs of raising the chickens. I have no grand illusions of actually making money with this. I would want an absolute max capacity of 20 adult chickens- 12 ideally.
Things I am looking for opinions on:
Coop and run- How big? Where?
Septic system- I have never had one. Are gardens okay? How close or far away do they need to be?
I want to build a cinder block bbq pit. Where would you put it.
If this were your property what else would you do with the yard?
Now, I come to you asking what would you do with my new back yard? I plan to raise enough chickens to be able to have an endless supply of eggs for about 5 people and sell eggs, hatching eggs, and chicks to supplement the costs of raising the chickens. I have no grand illusions of actually making money with this. I would want an absolute max capacity of 20 adult chickens- 12 ideally.
Things I am looking for opinions on:
Coop and run- How big? Where?
Septic system- I have never had one. Are gardens okay? How close or far away do they need to be?
I want to build a cinder block bbq pit. Where would you put it.
If this were your property what else would you do with the yard?