Recent content by ZombieChickens

I just replied to another nesting box post. I have 8 currently laying, and they wait their turns for 1 box....

I've heard 1 box for every 4 chickens.....I vote 1 box for every 8.

I have 8 girls laying and they all wait patiently for their turn with ONE out of 3 nesting boxes.....

Quote: My (human) daughters are Haley and Pip (Piper, we call her Pip a lot).

But that being said, there's still a difference for "Backyard Chickeners" between free range and cage free. I think to most people, free range is a coop for sleeping/laying, with no run and free access to the property. Cage free = no teeny tiny cages, but somewhat confined to a coop and a run...

Quote: I wish more people in the world saw pics like this. Every household would have a few chickens.

I love the ones that don't let the egg carton close.

I had a girl do *almost* the same thing a few weeks ago. (Minus the squat walking) She was just "zoned out" hanging out in the corner of the coop by herself, didn't eat for a few days, just stood there. I (*gulp*) put on a pair of gloves, lubed 'em up, felt for an egg. Nothing. A few days...

I'm VERY interested in this topic. I gained a BEAUTIFUL barred rock hen recently. A lady at church bought out an Amish farmer's whole flock because he was starting fresh. I told her how pretty I though barred rocks are and wouldn't ya know it, she brought me on the next day! Molly is lovely...

I guess I'm doing it right then, I have half as many chickens and go through half as much food.

Often times it's just a large fenced in area (meadow, field, barnyard, ect.) Some of the local farmers around my area call them "Cage Free".

My first egg...destined for an english muffin sandwich (on a homemade english muffin, of course.)

Oh. My.

Sho' was a beautiful dog though....