Hello,
My name is Laurie and I am new to keeping chickens. I live in a rural area and I have neighbors all around that have chickens and some of them let them free range. Of course no one claims the free range ones so I got a coop and with the help of some neighbors I caught a couple of chicks (there must be about 40 roaming around). I am keeping them in the coop for about a week and then I will let them free range too. I ordered a coop that I thought would be big enough for 4 chickens but it is much smaller than I thought it would be. I'm already working on ideas for another coop so when they get bigger I can move them out and catch some more babies for the smaller coop. I have no idea what variety they are and we are really just wanting them for their eggs and to keep the bugs down that keep eating my garden.
My name is Laurie and I am new to keeping chickens. I live in a rural area and I have neighbors all around that have chickens and some of them let them free range. Of course no one claims the free range ones so I got a coop and with the help of some neighbors I caught a couple of chicks (there must be about 40 roaming around). I am keeping them in the coop for about a week and then I will let them free range too. I ordered a coop that I thought would be big enough for 4 chickens but it is much smaller than I thought it would be. I'm already working on ideas for another coop so when they get bigger I can move them out and catch some more babies for the smaller coop. I have no idea what variety they are and we are really just wanting them for their eggs and to keep the bugs down that keep eating my garden.
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