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[Chickielady]

Oh geeze ok leads me to another question... is one BIG coop better then a few smaller ones?

IF you have 1 big flock, yes. If you have 5 flocks, NO.

 

[Chickielady]

OK sorry I am a bit behind but have to do this before I splode ! ! I had entered Fudge in a Rooster contest. The results are in !! !! !


#3 Standard
Fudge by Chicken Rustler
Breed: Salmon Fav 1 1/2 years.
Personality: Fudge my Salmon Fav is very laid back. Treats his ladies well and he likes to be handled.


YES FUDGE won 3rd out of close to 50 standard roos.

Cockerels.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Where ya talkin bout potluck? MY place? No room unless in nice weather.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

Hold yer breath & stand far back when ya do it !!!!!!!!!!!!

Best let DH do it.............please tell me you will !!!

I said something to DH. He gave me the "you are crazy" look. Yes, he will deal with them and it will be done outside what ever it is he is going to do with them.

 

[Chickielady]

k thanks guys for your help. I am trying to figure out if I want one BIG coop divided into pens or if I want a few smaller coops. Ideally I want about 25 - 30 hens. With maybe 3 or 4 Roos. I do want a few different breeds as well. So many choices... UGH

Turkeys: 50 X 150 feet pen, coop is 20 X 15 feet. (high roosts !)

Cuckoo Marans: coop is 8 X 8 feet and pen is 25 X 15 feet and they are let OUT daily.

Layer flock: coop is 8 x 8 and pen is 25 x 40 feet...................assorted hens, some for show (don't want the cocks taking their back feathers off) some are just for egg layers.

Javas: pen is 20 X 30 feet and coop is 8 x 12 feet
Buckeyes
same as Javas
I have 4 coops, divided into duplixes, and a brooder room, and a hatcher room.
The brooder room has 3 brooder pens, and each consective hatch is moved westward, (and once they have their Vaccines they are let OUT ) and the final pen has a coop door which opens to a 25 x 60 pen run for the babies, and I plant range seed, perment pasture & grasses for them.

Hope this helps !

 

[Chickielady]

Where ya talkin bout potluck? MY place? No room unless in nice weather.

Me, Gary< Ron B, YOU & DW......and who else ???????????????????????????? Nobody.
Less ya invite ?

 

[Rainwolf]

[COLOR=0000CD]Alright guys, time to pick your brians again. How big is your chicken coop and how many chickens do you have?[/COLOR]

Which one

x2

 

[RonB]

Cough!
Which one ?????????????? I have five right now.............each has a different breed.
What you need to do is calculate what YOU WANT and then build it.............but I am warning you...it will get bigger than you think, htching, brooding...flock replacers, it goes on~~~~

LOL chickielady is right! I started out with a 7x9 ft coop, a 10x 23ft run and 8 chickens. I was so happy. told the DW thats all I need

NOW I have 6 coops and a run 75 x100 ft. and 29 chickens. not sure how that happend.

they say it has something to do with chicken Math

 

[Chickielady]

I said something to DH. He gave me the "you are crazy" look. Yes, he will deal with them and it will be done outside what ever it is he is going to do with them.

I have seen that look before from my wonderful sweetie pie Einstein...................

LOVE MY MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Making him teriyaki steak, grilled & seared & taters & grilled asparagus and not telling ya the rest

If he ever gets home...he has been working on the old man's car that used to live next door (the property is foreclosed & abandoned) and DH is covering the car with his computer analyzer & getting code.....and repairing ...after that I am not sure, but changing tranny fluid, has a vacuum leak, full tune up, air sensor off..needs to be re-set by computer......argchhhhhhhhhhhhh
I have had his dinner ready for hours..........

May just make him a plate & go to bed~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Chickielady]

LOL chickielady is right! I started out with a 7x9 ft coop, a 10x 23ft run and 8 chickens. I was so happy. told the DW thats all I need

NOW I have 6 coops and a run 75 x100 ft. and 29 chickens. not sure how that happend.

they say it has something to do with chicken Math

Someone needs to teach her chicken math, and Ron be the one !!