Chicken Coop
Easy urban chicken coop. $400. It’s 3 levels. 14 sq ft run area and a ramp that leads to the second level with 2 nesting boxes and a ramp to the top roost. The roost will hols 3 birds comfortablly and maybe four. 4 chickens will give you 15 eggs a week. I can also…
Easy urban chicken coop. $400. It’s 3 levels. 14 sq ft run area and a ramp that leads to the second level with 2 nesting boxes and a ramp to the top roost. The roost will hols 3 birds comfortablly and maybe four. 4 chickens will give you 15 eggs a week.
I can also set you up with 2 young hens and 10lbs of feed for another $50 bucks.
$400 ? Really? Expensive eggs!
3 or 4 chickens are not going to create an odor. As for bugs, I thought gardeners love chickens because they eat all the bugs rather than attracting them. Now other vermin like stray cats might be another story.
Don’t the hens eat the bugs?
Unless you’re looking for fertiized eggs, no rooster necessary.
I am not an expect on chicken reproduction, but you might need a rooster as well. and roosters make a lot of noise at 5 AM.
I have to agree about the odor, plus bugs and if you are not neat with the feed, the vermin.
The first condition, at least as far as your question is concerned, is to buy a winter-hardy breed. The second condition is to ask yourself whether you’re okay with the odor (which is distinct). I have friends with a chicken farm upstate; winter is not a problem. This site (not my friend’s farm, but similar conditions) has lots of info, including additional links: http://bit.ly/gEI6YA
Dare I say, for a quickie breed selector, try this: http://bit.ly/hWt8SG
WHat are the conditions necessary to raise and keep chickens through the winter in this climate?