Chickens? Too many. I have about 30 at the barn and 30 in the backyard. The backyard flock is all Silkies as well as young birds that will eventually end up at the barn. I also have some really small ones in the aviary with Huey and GreycieMae. That situation was forced on me a few nights ago when a bobcat showed up and made off with about 10 chickens. I got two back from the neighbors yard across the road where he hauled them off to and they escaped. I bought a kennel to set up and put them in but I need to find time to get it together and move them out.