I'll find out more, but I was just told by a friend of mine that he decided that having 100 chickens was too much for him to manage and that he wants to get down to 12. He's a neighbor of mine here in the White Mountains of AZ, so I'm not sure if that is close enough for anyone or not.
Let me...
I'm pretty new to this chicken thing, but am having fun with it. I have 5 x 8 week old hens whom I just moved to their finally finished coop. I've got just a few small loose ends to finish up. And that's where the question comes from.
The nest box protrudes out from the coop with a hinged lid...
Just wanted to say Hi, i've been learning a lot from this site about chickens as I'm a n00b. Just moved my 8 week old hens to their permanent coop yesterday. Which was inspired by the great designs found here.