I am sitting at 40 assorted hens 5 roosters 5 ducks one goose and two turkeys. Plan on hatching some more next spring. Thought about now or fall but temps can touch 100 here now
well the sand should be available or some type of grit all the time. The food waste is just how the feeders are set up I left mine on the floor and they emptied it in a day now it hangs about six inches off the ground for the adult birds. They like to scratch at every thing. I use sand in the...
with regards to the people about to get chicks there are a ton of options for cages i use a 300 gallon water trough this year till my 200 sq ft coop is bult but i have used a refrigerator box before and those are free from most places that display them. as for room i would start as big as you...
i have used a lot of diffrent things like news paper paper shredds straw and i have them on grass hay this year any thing easy to clean out of the bottom is good enough.