New to raising chickens

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geoalwil

geoalwil

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Jun 5, 2011
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Hi, I am new to raising chickens. We will be getting a house on 5 arces in the Northern California area and I would like to raise chickens for their eggs.

I am thinking of starting off with 4 females and one male, is this a good ratio?

Any advice on making sure the chickens are happy and healthy. We will not have them free roam since we have some pretty big birds that fly over. Though I would like to inclose a nice size area for them. Is there a standard on how much room we should have per chicken?

Any help regarding care and feeding would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Julia
 
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4 sq feet per chicken so a 4X5 coop would be fine. And 4 hens to one roo is good if you want to have fertile eggs...they say 10 hens to every roo would even be ok. You may have some bare backs if the rooster pics a 'favorite' one or two hens which they usually do. Mine hen who is at the bottom of the pecking order always has the bare back
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Thank you so much for all your information. This gives me a good place to start.
Julia
 

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