Am I ok to keep chickens

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Am I ok to keep chickens
« on: June 20, 2011, 12:24 »
Hi, I'm new. I wanted to keep chickens in my garden after my husband gets around to building the garage and play area for my son we will have a large space left, it gets only a little bit of sun in the day but not enough to grow my veg there, so I thought I would be able to keep chickens. The space is 7 foot by 5 foot and is grassy. Is this a big enough space to keep hens, and how many??? I only wanted about 3 or 4.

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Re: Am I ok to keep chickens
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2011, 12:29 »
Welcome to the site.

Just about enough space for 2 chickens if they need to stay in the run for any length of time during the day.

If you have more space they could range on for a good part of the day you might be able to have 1 or 2 more.

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Re: Am I ok to keep chickens
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2011, 13:20 »
When you make the chicken coop build it high off the ground that way it doesn't take up any of the run space and the chickens will have shelter underneath. We are building one like this at the moment.  :) .

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Re: Am I ok to keep chickens
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2011, 09:58 »
My chickens' coop is on legs, so they can go underneath it too, something they're very glad of in the driving rain :)  You'd have to work to keep the ground fresh if the coops has to stay in place, the grass will be gone within days and you'd have to find things to keep the girls occupied, but it's doeable. Is there any chance they could freerange for a couple of hours a day? (afternoon preferably...less poo!!), then your problems will sorted :)
Many pets, a bloke and 2 kids....help!!!



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