Thank you for taking the time to respond to me. Yes, I kind of figured that out by looking at the hutch. I bought one that the entire roof is on latches that can swing upwards exposing the entire inside. We planned on keeping it propped open with arms giving it maybe a 6 inch crack opening...
Again thank you! I'm not sure about the 5 hens now because they don't want us to go to their farm. They want us to meet them at a store. I want to see if they were raised in a healthy clean disease free environment. Does that sound unreasonable? First time buying birds. I'm thinking maybe...
Gosh oops on the math...thank you for your very helpful suggestions. Especially about the perimeter walls. The run is 6 feet x 10 feet. Do you think that is too narrow? My build isn't complete and I found someone on FB selling mix breed group of 5 hens that have grown up together for $25 a...
Good morning BYC Vets,
We are starting our 1st Backyard Hen House. We live in Mount Dora, Lake County, Florida. We live in a residential area on a half acre property. The County allows us up to 5 hens and no roosters. ODOR MGMT IS A MUST!
We are building a 6 x 10 hen run with a 4 nest chicken...