Got my girl as a couple of weeks old poult in early June, have run her free range with our chickens all summer in Bulgaria. Thought we had lost her 4 days ago, but she turned up late in the day absolutely ravenous. Found her broody on a clutch of 10 (sadly infertile eggs). Heck of a shock as she...
I would watch out for deep litter in the winter time.
We are in Bulgaria and it is the cultural norm to deep litter, NOT my personal preference. When I kept a horse I always mucked daily, and banked the clean straw to the sides to allow the floor to dry and air during the day. My friend...
Buying a pair of adult does next spring and trying to estimate how much straw bedding I will go through each year. 2 stalls 2.5m x 2m, deep litter through winter as gets pretty cold outside at -20°c, damn hot in summer at 40°c. Anyone able to offer advice on calculation for a bulk buy?
