Researching Chickens and overwhelmed!!

[piglett]

I very very VERY rarely ever post on BYC.... it seems like unless you are a regular there, your questions go mostly unanswered.

I think cindlady and farmer Jamie are right. Don't overthink things. I live on less than a half acre and have a garden, chickens, ducks, a few fruit trees, and dogs. They all seem to do well on my small space.

i am on 2 other chicken sites
1 big & 1 small site
i started on BYC & it clearly wasn't for me
this site might not be all that active but atleast you can more or less say what you feel needs to be said
if someone is on the wrong track someone here will try to point it out
i see no harm in doing that, in fact it's the right thing to do IMHO

now as far as chickens on a 1/2 an acre goes
a friend of mine down in delaware has 5 hens in the back 1/2 of his old tool shed
he added a little outside run (about 6' square)
his lot might be 100' square
so 1/2 an acre would support way more birds
also they will keep the grass from getting very tall
so no need for you to cut it!


good luck
piglett