No Wayyyyy!!! At age SEVEN weeks, ALL five were crowing. The chance of having five roosters from five eggs is 3%. Does this mean I should immediately go to Vegas or definitely not...? Fortunately, a local poultry farmer had 300 young hens and wanted all five. Phew. They went off, and I decided I would get new (sexed) chicks after summer travels.
- DeedeesInn
- Nov 2, 2015
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Deedee's Inn today, Nov 2 2015, after a year and a half of fun construction! The five 3-mo-old chickens (four pullets and one accidental cockerel) sleep in the 2x4 coop on the left, and the four older hens sleep in the bigger 4x4 coop on the right. They share 80 sq. ft of enclosed run space plus a fenced-in chicken yard. I am curious to see if the younger ones will eventually try to move into the bigger coop with the older ones!
- DeedeesInn
- Nov 2, 2015
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The big coop doors are mainly for cleaning access. I found that if I leave them wide open during the day, the coop dries out and stays cleaner. Poop dries in the sun, bugs fly out. The coop is 35" from the ground, and the hens fly right up into it from their enclosed yard area. Their "official" access to the coop is via a roost and ramp in a fully enclosed run, that lead to a small chicken door in the coop.
- DeedeesInn
- Oct 31, 2015
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The roosts are 2.5 inches wide, have rounded edges, and are covered with inner tubes from mountain bike tires. I got the inner tubes for free from a bike shop, when I asked them for punctured inner tubes destined for the trash. I read that this width and shape of roost is best for chicken feet. They spend so much time on them, that I decided they should be right.
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- Oct 30, 2015
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