My hens like to go into the big trees behind my house and scratch around in the fallen leaves. Perfectly happy there. so why not put them into the area around their coop. Not into the coop but in their yard.
Not sure where you live but you can buy what I call nesting mattresses on line...I don't remember what they call them. But they are soft, natural hay like material and hens like them because they can peck around and make a little chicken sized nest....Like what we do when we fluff up our...
I bought a really cute coop but not quite safe enough so had a larger yard built....very strong. I have 3 hens. their Yard has 4 x4's on the corners, 18 " below the earth and not chicken wire but more secure wire going under the ground, because of critters that can burrow underground. It...
Hi, I am new here. I live just outside Silicon Valley on a 1/3-1/2 acre and have a coop plus a secure bigger yard for 3 chickens. Not giant 8 x 10. They turned one year old yesterday. Roxanne, a rhode Island Red, Zeta, a barred rock and Blanche a Salmon Favorelle. They are all egg...