I have six hens and they are dealing with a couple of stress factors right now - it's recently gotten pretty cold up here (well below zero, some days high around zero, although it's been warmer some days) and they all moved into their new coop just over a month ago. Each bird has 10 square feet...
We got 6 chicks at the end of March, and after they grew out of the brooder this summer, we housed them in kind of a junky old coop that we got for free off craigslist. It was not very serviceable, especially for winter, and when I was researching coop designs I came across the open air poultry...
Greetings from me and my 6 pullets in South Minneapolis, MN on a standard city lot. Since buying our home six years ago we'd been wanting to get chickens going, and we got a free chicken coop a few years ago from a craigslist ad (it was more like a bunny hutch with a small hen house attached)...
Long time reader, first time poster here.
I am considering adopting a mature hen from a friend who needs to give her up, and I am wondering what kind of questions you recommend asking. So far I have:
- What are her age, breed, laying habits
- Any history of illness/medication
- Is her coop...