- Mar 1, 2010
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Good Morning!
This year I would like to begin keeping chickens. I want to start with a small flock, enough to provide my family of 5 with fresh eggs. Once I get the hang of it, I would then like to keep meat birds and layers.
I have 5 acres of land so I would like to have a mobile chicken coop so that the birds can have fresh grass to be in all summer (May to Oct) but I also need a permanent structure for the winter. I have no trees and the wind is ferocious.
Really, I don't know where to start. I don't want to buy the chicks before I have their house built. And I don't want to build it too small, or too large.
I really need guidance, please.
Thanks!!
Laura
This year I would like to begin keeping chickens. I want to start with a small flock, enough to provide my family of 5 with fresh eggs. Once I get the hang of it, I would then like to keep meat birds and layers.
I have 5 acres of land so I would like to have a mobile chicken coop so that the birds can have fresh grass to be in all summer (May to Oct) but I also need a permanent structure for the winter. I have no trees and the wind is ferocious.
Really, I don't know where to start. I don't want to buy the chicks before I have their house built. And I don't want to build it too small, or too large.
I really need guidance, please.
Thanks!!
Laura