Watch This BEFORE You Keep Chickens 🐔

- The price of eggs is getting crazy.

- It's so crazy

that people have never wanted backyard chickens more.

- And they're buying the breeds that lay the most eggs

and causing a shortage of those breeds nationwide.

And Jacques and I, we've been keeping chickens

for about a couple years each.

- Yep. - And we're not experts,

but we've made some trials

we've made some tribulations, we've made some errors.

So in this video we're gonna go over some of the most

common questions and considerations when you're

keeping backyard chickens.

Before you begin down the path of keeping chickens,

you need to figure out if you're actually allowed to do it.

Believe it or not, some cities prohibit it.

or they sort of gate keep it with very specific

recommendations.

- And some of those recommendations or regulations

might involve how many chickens you're allowed to have,

whether or not you're allowed to have a rooster

and exactly where your coop has to be placed

in your property.

- Yeah, the last thing you want to do is build a nice coop

and realize you have too many hens

or your neighbor reports it

and it should be 10 feet away and not six feet away.

So a lot of things to consider,

but once you do have that nailed down,

it's time to talk coops.

When it comes to the coop, the home for your hens,

it can be quite overwhelming.

Now, whether you're buying or DIYing,

there are some important considerations.

What I'll say is if you're buying on the lower end,

you're gonna miss out on some predator proofing features

and they tend to be on a small size

so you need to make sure you're putting the right amount

of hens in that coop.