Should I Raise/Keep chickens?

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Here is a picture of my current set up.
 

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Wow, thank you so much for these answers and pictures. We have cyclone fencing we were considering using with a gate, burying some of it under the run to keep out burrowing critters and covering the run with tarp and chicken wire. Inside we were planning of having a couple handy-hen type coops made. I was looking at the dried worms and oyster shells for them. Someone suggested chickens that have brown, blue and green eggs? I need to do some research there. I like dobie lovers suggestion of the electronet but am concern about small birds getting hurt. We have a LOT of wild birds in our area. Have you had any experience with wild birds around the run? Hardware cloth I need to do research on, never heard of it but then there's google :) Thank you so much for all of your help so far.
 
WiseSquirrel said:
Wow, thank you so much for these answers and pictures. We have cyclone fencing we were considering using with a gate, burying some of it under the run to keep out burrowing critters and covering the run with tarp and chicken wire. Inside we were planning of having a couple handy-hen type coops made. I was looking at the dried worms and oyster shells for them. Someone suggested chickens that have brown, blue and green eggs? I need to do some research there. I like dobie lovers suggestion of the electronet but am concern about small birds getting hurt. We have a LOT of wild birds in our area. Have you had any experience with wild birds around the run? Hardware cloth I need to do research on, never heard of it but then there's google :) Thank you so much for all of your help so far.
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Small wild birds land on the fence all the time. It doesn't hurt them at all because they aren't touching the hot wire and the ground at the same time so they don't connect the circuit.
When my chickens were first confined to their pen a couple of them got shocked on the comb. They ran screaming from the fence but were fine. The rest learned not to touch the fence by seeing what happened to those that did.
 
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Do any of you know if there is a reverse look-up for egg colors? Like my friend had a hen that laid blue eggs - is there a place to look up what hens would do this versus looking at each breed? Or a chart reference that you know of? I'm having no luck searching for it. I don't have that millennial gene.
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Maybe these links will help :confused:

Egg colour genetics
https://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/gms1-genetics-of-egg-color/

https://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/gms2-breeding-for-blue-eggs/

https://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/gms3-breeding-for-other-egg-colors/
 

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