PROs:
Garbage disposal (no wasted food)
Beautiful to see
Lots of laughter caused by their antics
Free pest control
Free fertilizer
CONs:
3:15 am wake up call
No snooze alarm button
My girls seem to lay from dawn to dusk. My girls free range an acre but I have an 8x4x4 coop half of which is a sleeping area . In the other half I have a single covered plastic cat litter box for a nesting box. I put pine straw in it and the hens take turns "dropping off the kids". When one is...
My girls get a mix of several grains which includes cracked corn. I've noted the corn is often the last eaten but it also goes down. My kids have a full acre to roam so they have lots of options and if corn isn't their favorite it must still appeal to them.
I have an acre with plenty of gardens, trees and bushes and my Roo and his 5 girls rule it all.
I have a "rolling" coop that moves around every 2 days. I use a plastic covered cat litter box as a nesting box and 80% of my eggs are laid in it even though they can hide their eggs anywhere.
The...