Hi all! I just joined today. My partner wants to raise chickens and has been asking for years now. With the egg shortage I’m finally considering agreeing to chickens, but I want to make sure I have the proper set up and care plan if/when chickens happen.
We’ve never had chickens before. We’re in the PNW. Our city limits us to 4 chickens for our area, no roosters. My partner is obsessed with the idea of bantams, but I want standard chickens with good egg production if we’re getting chickens.
We’ve got 3 indoor cats and a dog (jindo, history of chasing songbirds and squirrels, not sure how she’ll handle chickens), and a small pond with a handful of goldfish. The yard is a work in progress. Previous homeowners had the majority of the lot covered in gravel, and we’ve been slowly digging it up and putting arborist woodchips down, but it’s several tons of work. We have two large maples that shade out most of the yard, with plans to tear down one in the next few years.
Also, I really wanted to raise tilapia for eating, but was shot down. I just want something I can eat. Bantams are cute but the eggs are so tiny and I know my partner will get too attached to let me even consider eating any chickens when egg production drops. The least I can get is something that lays a lot of eggs.
Egg-cited to maybe get chickens. Hope to learn lots from you all.
We’ve never had chickens before. We’re in the PNW. Our city limits us to 4 chickens for our area, no roosters. My partner is obsessed with the idea of bantams, but I want standard chickens with good egg production if we’re getting chickens.
We’ve got 3 indoor cats and a dog (jindo, history of chasing songbirds and squirrels, not sure how she’ll handle chickens), and a small pond with a handful of goldfish. The yard is a work in progress. Previous homeowners had the majority of the lot covered in gravel, and we’ve been slowly digging it up and putting arborist woodchips down, but it’s several tons of work. We have two large maples that shade out most of the yard, with plans to tear down one in the next few years.
Also, I really wanted to raise tilapia for eating, but was shot down. I just want something I can eat. Bantams are cute but the eggs are so tiny and I know my partner will get too attached to let me even consider eating any chickens when egg production drops. The least I can get is something that lays a lot of eggs.
Egg-cited to maybe get chickens. Hope to learn lots from you all.
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