The wife and I have been discussing possibly getting chickens when we get a house. Mainly for eggs.
Anyone have the experience?
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June 19, 2011 9:04 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork
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June 19, 2011 9:21 p.m. Zomby woof SuperDork
Yup.
We like to keep at least half dozen hens, and usually do meat birds once a year as well. Ask away.
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June 19, 2011 9:35 p.m. fastEddie SuperDork
Yeah, we had 10-12 but just got rid of them a couple of months ago. They had got to be 2 years old and most chickens' egg production drops off sharply around 18 mos. We went from a peak of 10 a day (1/hen) to 2-3 a day - tough to justify their expense and maintenance at that rate so we gave them away on C-list.
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June 19, 2011 9:56 p.m. Twin_Cam SuperDork
Make sure you have a good coop. A co-workers chickens all got themselves eaten by a fox or some other predator.
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June 20, 2011 9:07 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
Grew up with a dozen or so...
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June 20, 2011 9:09 a.m. DrBoost SuperDork
If you run into problems with ordinances visit www.backyardchickens.com
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June 20, 2011 9:34 a.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork
DrBoost wrote:
If you run into problems with ordinances visit www.backyardchickens.com
That was the site i've been going to to learn the different breeds.
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June 20, 2011 9:35 a.m. DrBoost SuperDork
IIRC, they have a whole section devoted to overcoming township ordinances and such. If not, lemme know and I'll get you the linkey.
