samssimonsays
Almost Self-Reliant
We bought 5 straight run Icelandic chicks (hoping for a couple hens and roos) from a local person hatching them and then I added in 2 easter eggers, one faverolle and a polish the next day because... I couldn't help myself. 
I like variety and eye candy...
We have yet to build them a coop and are debating between cramming that into my already too small barn that has all grain and supplies and GOATS in it or building them something new. With our minnesota winters there is the idea IN the barn maybe better for warmth and convenience but.... space. What would you recommend for cold temps? I would like to add in some geese and maybe a duck as well. to start with. I would love to raise some pastured meat birds eventually but those will be mostly summer. Maybe have a coop for younger birds in the barn and wintering them and build a separate one for them all summer long....
I like variety and eye candy...We have yet to build them a coop and are debating between cramming that into my already too small barn that has all grain and supplies and GOATS in it or building them something new. With our minnesota winters there is the idea IN the barn maybe better for warmth and convenience but.... space. What would you recommend for cold temps? I would like to add in some geese and maybe a duck as well. to start with. I would love to raise some pastured meat birds eventually but those will be mostly summer. Maybe have a coop for younger birds in the barn and wintering them and build a separate one for them all summer long....
and because goats are.... goats.... they need an area that they can not at all what so ever get the chicken feed. my barn is not very easy to clean per-say... but I am thinking building a summer shed for them and then having a wintering "pen/coop" in the barn for them might be the way to go. I can then control the lighting and water easier without worrying about electricity over winter... hmmmm.... brainstorming now LOL
