17 chickens
Crazy Chicken Math
I have put in a red heat lap in my coop and had my husband attach it to the beam so it would not fall and catch fire, This gives them the extra light they need to still keep laying along with the warmth they need but the red keeps them from pecking each other. I have purchased some straw bales from our local feed store and created some weather protection areas for them to go when they are in the run playing, I placed a couple of the bales down on the ground then stacked two of them side by side on top. I did this a few times throughout the run and they love it, they not only go in the holes out of the weather but climb all over it for something to do. I will be making the run bigger and adding more straw bales for them before the snow hits here. As for feeding my little girls, I have added black sun flowers, freeze dried meal worms and cabbage in addition to the layer pellets I feed daily.