Chicken Math is real my friends!

[Lil Country]

fairly new member, trying to fit in! Thanks for allowing me to share and ask for advice!

My journey to start a new flock has been an interesting one! We moved back to the country in November. We had to re home all our chickens when we had to move away!

I am excited to finally have chickens again. I couldn’t find chicks at the farm store, super frustrating. I was able to find some local breeders, got my original 8…3 weeks ago. 4 RIR and 4 speckled Sussex. Then a week later got 3 barred rocks. Another week later, got 5 black copper Marans from the same breeder and an Easter Egger. Then today picked up 2 blue laced red Wyandottes and 2 blue australorps. I believe that makes 21 chicks, I’ve got several roosters in the bunch unfortunately. We will raise those for meat or re home. I may keep one good rooster. I’m hoping for 12-13 hens.

I think I’m good with what I have now! Our coop is being built and hoping in the next 3 weeks I can get some chicks outside. It’s 8x8, garden shed type and will have a large run. Probably 8x15.

 

[cavemanrich]

You are pushing the size limits with that size flock. Especially since you realized Chicken Math is REAL
One suggestion I have,, and relatively easy one,,,
Try to increase your RUN size. Unless you intend to free-range much of the time in open space.
That of course comes with risks


WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[Cosmo Lily]

The space should be enough like about 2–3 sq ft per bird inside, 8–10 sq ft in the run. Keeping one and rehoming the others is a smart.

 

[Lil Country]

You are pushing the size limits with that size flock. Especially since you realized Chicken Math is REAL
One suggestion I have,, and relatively easy one,,,
Try to increase your RUN size. Unless you intend to free-range much of the time in open space.
That of course comes with risks


WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

Thank you. I will have predators to deal with, flyers mostly, cats, dogs during the day and at night, fox, raccoons, skunk. I’ll consider run size.

 

[Lil Country]

The space should be enough like about 2–3 sq ft per bird inside, 8–10 sq ft in the run. Keeping one and rehoming the others is a smart.

It was a risk I took buying straight run.

 

[sourland]

Always build far larger than you think you will ever need.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

I have finally learned how to subtract, phew, it was hard.