- Jan 6, 2013
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Hello,
This is your friendly neighborhood Martian. I am from Mars, PA!
So I am just getting started into backyard chickens and I have a lot to learn. I am going to be working with my neighbor so we have to have enough chickens to lay eggs for two familiees I am not sure how many chickens to get at this time and that we determine how big of a coop I need.
Between the two families there is currently 6 people so I was originally thinking 10-12 chickens but now after doing some reading I am wondering if 6 would be enough. Now I know there would be down production days but hopefully the other days would make up for it.
The other thing I haven't learned yet is how old do the chickens have to be beforee they start producing eggs. If I bought chicks from my local store would I be half the summer with no eggs. I know production goes down in the winter as well so I need to take all this into account.
Well that is a little bit about me. Time to go back to learning.
Tom
This is your friendly neighborhood Martian. I am from Mars, PA!
So I am just getting started into backyard chickens and I have a lot to learn. I am going to be working with my neighbor so we have to have enough chickens to lay eggs for two familiees I am not sure how many chickens to get at this time and that we determine how big of a coop I need.
Between the two families there is currently 6 people so I was originally thinking 10-12 chickens but now after doing some reading I am wondering if 6 would be enough. Now I know there would be down production days but hopefully the other days would make up for it.
The other thing I haven't learned yet is how old do the chickens have to be beforee they start producing eggs. If I bought chicks from my local store would I be half the summer with no eggs. I know production goes down in the winter as well so I need to take all this into account.
Well that is a little bit about me. Time to go back to learning.
Tom