Chickenman MAN
Songster
I can't help with raising hens, haven't done it before but hope to one day, but I can help with looking after and housing/runs for grown hensThanks like I said. I just want them to b happy haha but dulley
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I can't help with raising hens, haven't done it before but hope to one day, but I can help with looking after and housing/runs for grown hensThanks like I said. I just want them to b happy haha but dulley
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Hm... I'd make a/buy a 5 by 4 or so shed/ coop and install perches that are about two inches... but smaller for smaller hens, make sure the edges are rounded. Nesting boxes can be cheaply made from plywood, make sure there is enough clearance for a fully grown hen, or buckets can be used. Bedding, I use dengie bedding, but hemp bedding is also good and also wood shavings. Make sure to use purpose-bought chicken bedding, not random hay etc, it needs to be dust extracted and safe for them. Run needs to be at least 10 sqft a hen. So maybe a 10 by 4 for four hens, or larger, Provide enrichment, a jungle course, perches, food, etc. Make sure that the ground isn't muddy. You can put woodchips down. If you do provide a dustbath, simple box with sand, earth and wood ash does the trick!
I'd imagine a milk crate is big enough. And pine shavings (if they have been dust extracted) are fine.Thanks for starting dimensions. Would modeling my nesting box after milk crate be a fine size? And somewhere else they said pine shavings are okay?
Great I will look into that thank you very much for the help thus farVery cute! I'd just splay out her feet and measure it, make it just under that size for the roosts. You will have to make things bigger as they grow!
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I get most of it...except for the smiling lol.
Lol...maybe my chooks are just really docile because they are ex bats... the only thing they have pecked at is my flowery gloves and a red pair of trousers!They'll peck your teeth and gums, hard.
Some literally jump at the chance!