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Wife and kids want to raise chickens?
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<blockquote data-quote="KMixson" data-source="post: 487443" data-attributes="member: 432"><p>Growing up on a farm of 115 acres we raised chickens, hogs and rabbits. We had up to 270 chickens at a time. We had a coop about 20' X 40' in size which did smell a little but was not unbearable. They used the coop to roost at night and were in the yard during the day. They had the run of the yard (2+ acres), so they were not kept in the coop 24/7. With them in the yard the insect population was kept under control. We did have to worry about foxes, snakes, predatory birds and such but it was not too bad. The worst incident we had was a stray dog killed about 15-20 chickens one time. It would catch a chicken and when it quit flapping it would go after another one. A fox would catch a chicken and carry it off to eat it leaving the others alone for the time being. As for snakes we didn't have too many because they would have to get past the hogs first. Hogs eat snakes. We had up to 30 hogs at a time. Suffice to say, we ate a lot of chicken, pork and rabbits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KMixson, post: 487443, member: 432"] Growing up on a farm of 115 acres we raised chickens, hogs and rabbits. We had up to 270 chickens at a time. We had a coop about 20' X 40' in size which did smell a little but was not unbearable. They used the coop to roost at night and were in the yard during the day. They had the run of the yard (2+ acres), so they were not kept in the coop 24/7. With them in the yard the insect population was kept under control. We did have to worry about foxes, snakes, predatory birds and such but it was not too bad. The worst incident we had was a stray dog killed about 15-20 chickens one time. It would catch a chicken and when it quit flapping it would go after another one. A fox would catch a chicken and carry it off to eat it leaving the others alone for the time being. As for snakes we didn't have too many because they would have to get past the hogs first. Hogs eat snakes. We had up to 30 hogs at a time. Suffice to say, we ate a lot of chicken, pork and rabbits. [/QUOTE]
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