- Apr 26, 2011
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Hi,
This is my first post and I am new to chickens. My wife and I live on a farm with our horses and dogs and decided to get some chickens. I may have went a little over board to start out, LOL. I have ended up with about 40 chickens in the last week,all ages and sizes. I have 4 Rhode Island Red Hens that are laying every couple of days and are 11 months old, 7 RI pullets, 3 Domieque these are 3 months old and then a bunch of chicks that are a couple weeks old. These are Golden Comets, New Hampshires, Black Comm, Red Production, Tetra Tints and White Leggers, they are in the mud room right now.
I have taken a 12'x12' stall in my barn, cut a slide door on a pulley, fenced in a 12'x40' lot beside the barn with 6ft chain link fence and also have a 8'x10' coop that is up off the ground with 4 24"x24" nest boxes and the rest of it is open area for them to walk around in, the coop is inside the fenced in area. I will have sawdust and pine chips in the stall. I also built 6 nesting boxes in the stall and some roosting poles. I guess my question is do you guys think this is enough room for the girls and does it sound like a pretty good setup to start out. I am sure I will make improvements along the way, just trying to start out right. Thanks for any help.
This is my first post and I am new to chickens. My wife and I live on a farm with our horses and dogs and decided to get some chickens. I may have went a little over board to start out, LOL. I have ended up with about 40 chickens in the last week,all ages and sizes. I have 4 Rhode Island Red Hens that are laying every couple of days and are 11 months old, 7 RI pullets, 3 Domieque these are 3 months old and then a bunch of chicks that are a couple weeks old. These are Golden Comets, New Hampshires, Black Comm, Red Production, Tetra Tints and White Leggers, they are in the mud room right now.
I have taken a 12'x12' stall in my barn, cut a slide door on a pulley, fenced in a 12'x40' lot beside the barn with 6ft chain link fence and also have a 8'x10' coop that is up off the ground with 4 24"x24" nest boxes and the rest of it is open area for them to walk around in, the coop is inside the fenced in area. I will have sawdust and pine chips in the stall. I also built 6 nesting boxes in the stall and some roosting poles. I guess my question is do you guys think this is enough room for the girls and does it sound like a pretty good setup to start out. I am sure I will make improvements along the way, just trying to start out right. Thanks for any help.