- Mar 21, 2009
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Hi,
I'm new to this forum. I am considering getting chickens for our backyard. We can have 3 hens in our city (Olympia, WA). I would like our kids (7, 1.5, 1.5) to be more in contact with their food (we already have a huge garden) and enjoy the fun of chickens. My research has led me to believe that we will need to build a coop and a run. If this is what we do, do the chickens sometimes come out into the yard? If you want them to? How do the kids get to interact with them? Do we have to go into the run to be with them? What about diseases, etc? I realize our toddler twins are too young to be really involved, but my oldest wants to be able to treat them like pets. Is this feasible? Any suggestions or help is much appreciated! Please feel free to "tell me like it is"--maybe I'm really off track?!?
Thanks so much!
Alissa
I'm new to this forum. I am considering getting chickens for our backyard. We can have 3 hens in our city (Olympia, WA). I would like our kids (7, 1.5, 1.5) to be more in contact with their food (we already have a huge garden) and enjoy the fun of chickens. My research has led me to believe that we will need to build a coop and a run. If this is what we do, do the chickens sometimes come out into the yard? If you want them to? How do the kids get to interact with them? Do we have to go into the run to be with them? What about diseases, etc? I realize our toddler twins are too young to be really involved, but my oldest wants to be able to treat them like pets. Is this feasible? Any suggestions or help is much appreciated! Please feel free to "tell me like it is"--maybe I'm really off track?!?
Thanks so much!
Alissa