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Chickens and Ducks
We are working on our chicken coop and I am curious about a few things... we have a big size coop (its like 7ft high and 5 or so ft wide) that looks like a play house its cute :) and it has a little fenced in yard and im wondering how many chickens could I do in a coop that big? and how big of a space would I need per chicken? I am also interested in getting ducks and want to know if they could be in the same pen? (if not its cool too) and how big of a space would they need? |
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| 09/11/08 10:43pm |
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Message To: Rebecca Wright In reference to Message Id: 1857349 Chickens and Ducks
Type of Bird / Sq ft/bird inside /Sq ft/bird outside runs Bantam Chickens / 1 / 4 Laying Hens / 1.5 / 8 Large Chickens / 2 / 10 Quail / 1 / 4 Pheasant / 5 / 25 Ducks / 3 / 15 Geese / 6 / 18 ducks and chickens usualy get along fine the drakes male ducks may pick on the chickens and pull their feathers the chickens could do that to each other also. our coop is about the same size its not 7ft high and its about 4ft deep, 3 nest boxes and 2 perches. we currently have 5 chickens but could have up to 12 with its size. Our ducks dont sleep in the coop unless we put them in during winter. we got part of our back yard fenced off for our chickens and ducks for the run. for your coop im guessing you could have up to 12 or 15. if you want eggs depending on the size of chicken its 2-4 chickens per nest box, we got 3 and they dont always get used. |
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| 09/13/08 06:53pm |
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Message To: Flyingpepsi In reference to Message Id: 1858792 Chickens and Ducks
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| 09/14/08 11:27am |
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