Guinea Fowl Guinea fowl are generally allowed to free range during the day (gobbling up loads of ticks hopefully!) and then prefer to sleep up in trees at night, although they will be safer in a secure enclosure with 2-3 square feet of space per bird. Recommended Reading: Tips for Raising Your Own Turkeysby Jason Harris Out in the pasture, each turkey gets 50 square feet.įollow Jason and his turkeys on Instagram! Turkeys Turkeys need about the same space as chickens - 4 square feet per adult bird in an enclosed structure - according to Jason Harris, owner of Harris Turkey Farm here in Maine. photo credit: Jason Harris/Harris Turkey Farm. Recommended Reading: The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geeseby Kirsten Lie-Nielson (New Society Publishers, 2017) Kirsten Lie-Nielsen, owner of Hostile Valley Farm here in Maine, recommends about ten square feet of indoor shelter per goose (although you could manage with a bit less if they are going to get plenty of outside time).įor geese that will be penned up, plan on about 20 square feet per goose, although geese do prefer to free range and are less vulnerable to predators than chickens and ducks due to their size.įollow Kirsten and her geese on Instagram! Geese Geese, being much larger than ducks, need more space. photo credit: Kirsten Lie-Nielsen/Hostile Valley Living. Recommended Reading: Duck Eggs Daily: Raising Happy, Healthy Ducks Naturallyby Lisa Steele (St. While they would enjoy a small pond, a kiddie pool will suffice for them to splash around in, so be sure to add room for that in as well. He Is In The Same 5th Grade Class as Flem And Earl. He can be mean to his younger sister, and even to the rest of the family. As far as run space, they should do fine with a minimum of ten square feet per duck. Chicken, (voiced by Charlie Adler), is one of the two main characters in Cow and Chicken Cows 11 year old 5th Grade chicken brother.
Larger breeds like Jumbo Pekin or Saxony would do well closer to 4-5 square feet of floor space, since they sleep on the floor. Lynn's Press, 2013) Ducks The space requirements for ducks is about the same as for chickens, but you really want to be sure you have the floor space. Recommended Reading: Fresh Eggs Daily: Raising Happy, Healthy Chickens Naturallyby Lisa Steele (St. A small flock of chickens can do a lot of damage to lawns and landscaping, so keep that in mind as well.
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