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Hi! I’m Koree, and I am brand new to chickens. I work at an animal shelter and currently have cats, dogs, and reptiles but recently started working with a large group of chickens at the shelter I work at. We have over 100 chickens, ducks, pigeons, and guinea fowl taken from a property where they weren’t being well cared for. They’ve been at our shelter for about 2.5 months now and I’ve started clicker training some of them for enrichment.

I never considered keeping chickens before, but I’ve become really attached to a few of them so I’m trying to decide if it would be responsible and doable to adopt a few of them when they are released from their legal hold.

I adore animals, as a single woman with my own home most of my house and furniture is reserved for animal use! I currently have 3 cats, 2 small dogs (all rescues), and 5 reptiles that are so fun to provide care for.

I found BYC through Google searching for advice online and decided to join so I could ask some questions and get feedback from other chicken keepers!
 
Welcome to BYC Koree!
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janiedoe said:
Hi Korea. Welcome to BYC! Check out the coop build section. You'll need to consider housing for your chickens. Are you in an HMO or city limits? Have you checked local laws?
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Within city limits, but I can have up to 5 hens as long as they are kept in a coop/run (can free range when I’m supervising, just not regularly and I wouldn’t want to because I know we have plenty of predators). No roosters allowed which makes me so sad because one of my favorite “students” is a handsome Roo! I actually work for the local animal services agency so luckily am very well versed with what I am and am not allowed to have.

I have a nice sized yard and I know for these particular birds, anything I could build would be a significant improvement but I still wouldn’t want to bring them home if I couldn’t provide them the best care possible!
 

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