My chickens roost above the turf. It's just one of those pre made coops with the roosting area in the middle and then the nesting boxes on the side. Like the kind you buy at tsc. I'm going to build a bigger one soon for more ladies. Both ducks and chickens have the same kind of coop, but minus...
Okay so winter is coming. The chickens and ducks have their own run and coops. In the bottom of their coops is thick astroturf. Now that michigan winter is coming. I have a few questions.
1. Do I NEEEEEEED to change the turf out to hay or something of the sort for the chickens to keep...
So I have 4 ducks all different breeds. 8 chickens all different breeds.. they are all between 20 and 22 weeks!. My ducks and chickens have their own house but the share a common area! I have been collecting chicken eggs for 2 weeks now.
Yesterday I found 2 eggs in my ducks house but they can go...
Okay. I have ducks and chickens. They each had their own pen, food and water source. But now we fenced in a 75x50 area and let them out of the pens.
Soo kinda like free range. I noticed from sun up till sun down they are out in the common area. I'm kinda lost at what to do with the food and...
Also fyi... 100ft x 100ft Arial bird netting is close to a divorce challenge!!!! Lmao!!!
Yea we have some dirt, sand, weeds, rocks/ pea stone and mulch... they are loving it soo far!!! 😍
What kind of stuff should I put in their new area??? Ducks and chickens!!
In the back corner will be another pond for the ducks but not till next spring. I wanna make it awesome for them!!!
So husband and I have been working the past few days to extend the area for my ducks and chickens to co mingle and forage throughout the day and get out of their pens!!! I'm eggsited to decorate for them!!! 50x75 fully fenced in and the bird netting comes tomorrow to protect from overhead...
I have 8 hens. My barrock is the first to lay... the brown ones.. then yesterday I found a off white one they destroyed and then today I found this light green one but my barrock was lying on it... are they all from her or is another lady laying and my barrock just wanted to lay on this new one??