nope, not laying yet ( in this video )
the coop is unheated ( at -28*C or so i'll heat it ), so i expect the chickens to lay when they are older. also not supplementing light asides from a small red "night light"
want them to start laying later so they don't burn themselves out.
the run is 560 sqft and they are let out of the run around noon till sunset, where they have as much space as they dare to venture.
i have a pile of gravel with sizes from sand to pebbles for them to pick through in the winter.
it's comprised of limestone and granite (quarts/silica), traces of...
they have feed all day, just when they run outside, they often run into to the garage. there they eat it right out of the bag. and then i have to bring them water cause they don't wanna run back to the coop / run for water. :(
the angry one was eating a lot of rocks today. though. why i thought...
right now 16% layer ration, prior to the cold they did get a lot of bug and grass ect...
in the morning and evening, a metal feeder in the coop, during the day they broke into a bag in the garage... so... letting them go through that till its empty.
with the metal feeder, the small stuff...
...at the other chickens; really holding on to whatever she bites on them.
the weather has also suddenly gotten cold in the past 3 weeks, from 20*C to average of -5*C. at the end of the week it will be 10*C (so its some sort of cold snap).
coop is 8x8, today was 50% humidity, about the same as...
thanks,
just built it on the fly; don't think i'd have a chance :P
but when winter time comes i might find the time to enter. right now i'm so busy racing the weather to get ready!
a couple had a bit of trouble finding their way back through the door for a few days; admittedly i built that door the same day. so maybe build it sooner? :P
can always chase dem chickens!
a light inside the coop really helps; infact my chickens start crying if turn off the light at night; so...