This is the hen house and run , that I built for my wife . It took a year in my spare time to complete it, it is 6.5x 7.5x 8.5 high . It is divided by a half wall and chicken wire , with a small door between. One side is for the chickens , and the other for storage and egg collection. The back...
Well one way you could handle this , is maybe let them free range , one hour before their bedtime, that way they will have a time limit .you can be out with them, and they still get some run around time, we do this with our chickens . They get some bugs to eat , they seem to love it , and they...
You can wash your eggs if you like, and if you want them to last for months, coat the eggs with food grade mineral oil , it's what your grandparents did , before we had refrigerators.