I Live in philomath Oregon and have a flock of 35 chickens now. Ages running from 8 weeks to 1.5 years old. Fairly big coop and run with sand and rock with hay and shavings in the deep litter areas. The 1 year old novagen wouldn't come down to eat or want to be touched during feeding time. Then...
Been a newbie for a while now. have definitely learned alot by trial and error. Have a 2 yr old border collie who likes to try and get in the coop. So reinforcements are a must. If she cant get in then I know I've done good enough to keep out the 2 raccoons I have lurking 50 yards away from...
I feed my flock of 30 3 times a day. All organic food scraps of lettuce strawberries, asparagus and various greens. Along with a small bucket of worms. It's so fun watching them chase each other like football players when one gets a big worm :)