I have 18 that are coming up on 17 weeks. In the morning I go out and open the pop door to let them out and toss them a handful of scratch---about 2 or 3 minutes. After work I check their feeder and about every 4th day add food. On a refill day, that is about 5 minutes. Another five minutes to refill the in and outside waterers. So probably 10 minutes a day for what has to be done. And another hour every other week when I do a general cleaning in the coop (I use deep liter but still like to clean out the wood chips under the roost, scrape the roosts, clean the windows, sweep down dust and cobwebs and add more wood chips.)
But I probably spend a half hour a day watching 'em, hand feeding whatever extra vegetables the garden yields, just generally enjoying them. And soon they will start to lay so gathering eggs is added in but I see that not so much chore a collecting rent.
But I probably spend a half hour a day watching 'em, hand feeding whatever extra vegetables the garden yields, just generally enjoying them. And soon they will start to lay so gathering eggs is added in but I see that not so much chore a collecting rent.