We're enjoying our new found hobby of chicken ownership, with five chicks of various breeds. We are about 1/3 of the way done building their coop (need to finish it this weekend, as the chicks are almost 5 weeks old and are getting restless in their brooder).
I almost gave in today when I went to the feed store...they had more chicks, all of breeds we don't have (IIRC, silver wyandotte, rhode island red, polish, black star, barred rock), so I was reeeeealllllyyyy tempted to pick up two or three more chicks, just for fun.
Am I nuts? My husband pointed out that we don't really NEED any more chicks, but they are so darned cute!! We have a decent amount of space (our coop will be 24 square feet when it is done, with an attached run of more than 50 square feet, and eventually access to a large yard), so that really isn't a problem.
Of course, I just realized that most of you have waaaay more than 5 chickens, so I'm probably asking the wrong crowd if I'm nuts to consider buying more chicks.
Katy
I almost gave in today when I went to the feed store...they had more chicks, all of breeds we don't have (IIRC, silver wyandotte, rhode island red, polish, black star, barred rock), so I was reeeeealllllyyyy tempted to pick up two or three more chicks, just for fun.
Am I nuts? My husband pointed out that we don't really NEED any more chicks, but they are so darned cute!! We have a decent amount of space (our coop will be 24 square feet when it is done, with an attached run of more than 50 square feet, and eventually access to a large yard), so that really isn't a problem.
Of course, I just realized that most of you have waaaay more than 5 chickens, so I'm probably asking the wrong crowd if I'm nuts to consider buying more chicks.
Katy