No. The coops are side by side facing the same direction and everything. We don't shut the coop at night, (we know it's a risk, but so far no major problems), so it's not like one group gets put away longer than the other. As far as we can tell, we maintain the two groups identically. They...
We have raised chickens for about four years now. We've raised a variety of breeds and our whole family enjoys it. In February '16 we bought 18 Sussex chicks. At the time most of our other hens were getting older and not laying as much.
We maintain 2 separate coops and runs to decrease...