I gave a 5 star review because she sounds just like me!!
I live in a town where houses are crammed together. Roosters are not allowed in our city but in certain areas they are everywhere!!. We actually aren't supposed to have chickens unless we are so many yards away from our neighbors and I am definitely not that... but we can have a pot belly pig?? My next door neighbor had one for 17 years.
I started with 4 hens in July 2021 and soon I was unindated with eggs. I share with the 3 neighbors behind me that I don't really know and my neighbors in front all know I have them and don't care.
Your article was interesting because since I am really not supposed to have my girls I make extra sure my coops are clean. I scoop multiple times every day. I have sand on the ground in the coop where they lay and roost which is 8 ft x 4 ft. Attached to that is a 9 x 13 ft covered wire enclosure. I use a solar powered door that lets them out in the morning.
I have a garden along my backyard block wall which they can't get to and I had grass all over. They destroyed the grass. So I added a tunnel, (my neighbor calls it a chunnel
) to the solar door that goes 3/4 of the way across my yard to another small fence that is covered with bushes and flowers. That's their favorite hangout every day especially when it's hot. Now I have 8 hens, 2 are Anconas and evidently they like to fly so I covered the area they love with a big net. Sun comes through and they can't fly out.
I am also going to expand the roosting coop by taking out an end wall and extend it to the block wall which will add about 10+ feet more for nesting and roosting.
I love our girls. We hand raised all of them in the house so they are all very tame and most love to be held.
I have 4 RIR's, 2 Anconas,a Plymouth barred rock and a Delaware White. I'm getting anywhere from 4 to 6 eggs a day with the Anconas taking the lead laying every day so far and they are not quite 6 mos.
Your cleaning, feeding and caring sounds so much like me... even worrying about whether your neighbors are bothered by your hens noisiness or the smell.
That's why I scoop the entire coop at least daily plus I have 3 dogs so I scoop up after them at the same time.
I've had chickens before about 25 yrs ago but here I am again and I'm loving every minute of it.
Backyard Chicken has been a wonderful resource of information. Good luck!!!
I live in a town where houses are crammed together. Roosters are not allowed in our city but in certain areas they are everywhere!!. We actually aren't supposed to have chickens unless we are so many yards away from our neighbors and I am definitely not that... but we can have a pot belly pig?? My next door neighbor had one for 17 years.
I started with 4 hens in July 2021 and soon I was unindated with eggs. I share with the 3 neighbors behind me that I don't really know and my neighbors in front all know I have them and don't care.
Your article was interesting because since I am really not supposed to have my girls I make extra sure my coops are clean. I scoop multiple times every day. I have sand on the ground in the coop where they lay and roost which is 8 ft x 4 ft. Attached to that is a 9 x 13 ft covered wire enclosure. I use a solar powered door that lets them out in the morning.
I have a garden along my backyard block wall which they can't get to and I had grass all over. They destroyed the grass. So I added a tunnel, (my neighbor calls it a chunnel
) to the solar door that goes 3/4 of the way across my yard to another small fence that is covered with bushes and flowers. That's their favorite hangout every day especially when it's hot. Now I have 8 hens, 2 are Anconas and evidently they like to fly so I covered the area they love with a big net. Sun comes through and they can't fly out.I am also going to expand the roosting coop by taking out an end wall and extend it to the block wall which will add about 10+ feet more for nesting and roosting.
I love our girls. We hand raised all of them in the house so they are all very tame and most love to be held.
I have 4 RIR's, 2 Anconas,a Plymouth barred rock and a Delaware White. I'm getting anywhere from 4 to 6 eggs a day with the Anconas taking the lead laying every day so far and they are not quite 6 mos.
Your cleaning, feeding and caring sounds so much like me... even worrying about whether your neighbors are bothered by your hens noisiness or the smell.
That's why I scoop the entire coop at least daily plus I have 3 dogs so I scoop up after them at the same time.
I've had chickens before about 25 yrs ago but here I am again and I'm loving every minute of it.
Backyard Chicken has been a wonderful resource of information. Good luck!!!
You clean way more often than I do
Thank you for sharing your story with me!