Greetings from Frankfurt, Germany

[OvertheHenHouse]

She's beautiful! Hen saddles are the best when needed - yours looks great!

 

[Haehnchen]

We'd been getting c. three eggs per day, and the hens went on a two-week laying strike. We thought it might have been the weather, but then we switched exclusively to meal instead of a meal/grain mix and suddenly we're on four per day ... and big 'uns!

I don't want to come across as a shill for Omlet, but we really can't imagine keeping chickens any other way. We keep a garden trash container next to the Eglu Cube into which the offal goes during the week, and then I take it down to the thermal garden composters once a week where it rips down mixed with grass clippings and leaves. I thought I'd have to clean the whole Cube with a pressure washer every so often, but it's starting to look as though that might be only a once-a-year thing.

Still slightly concerned that when it gets really cold and snowy we might have to put a blanket on top of the housing unit, so I'd be interested in any advice people might offer up.

 

[J's Orpingtons]

 

[hcppam]

Hello, from the Big Bear mountains of Ca. Glad you found us.

 

[elevan]