My SO is starting to ask me how many chickens I think is "enough"/how many do we "need"? My situation, I currently have 13 (think 4 roos and 9 hens-2 of which are bantams) and am probably adding 2 more pullets from the same breeder. 8 of them including the roos were rasied together from day 1. I know we are heading into winter and in order to keep the roos from fighting I should have mroe hens....with the 2 new ones it would make 11 hens and 4 roos till spring. In the spring I want to get 3 or 4 more day 1 chicks. Bringing me to a total of say 15 hens and 4 roos.
I know that egg production will slow down after their 2nd yr....and I am thinking I wont have aproblem with selling eggs as I already have 4 familys asking for eggs...and can sell them where I work. My coop situation: 12 x 24 and my enclosed run is aprox 25 x 35 so I have enough room and live on 40 acres so neighbors arent a problem.
With all that said-when is it "toomany" chickens? When does it become mroe like hoarding? And how does everyone on here convince their SOs that adding to the flock is ok? LOL
I know that egg production will slow down after their 2nd yr....and I am thinking I wont have aproblem with selling eggs as I already have 4 familys asking for eggs...and can sell them where I work. My coop situation: 12 x 24 and my enclosed run is aprox 25 x 35 so I have enough room and live on 40 acres so neighbors arent a problem.
With all that said-when is it "toomany" chickens? When does it become mroe like hoarding? And how does everyone on here convince their SOs that adding to the flock is ok? LOL