Hi There, everyone, from rural Ontario.

[AndrewPeebles]

I live just off of Lake Huron, in the beautiful bruce county. I have 24 laying hens that currently lay an average of 20 eggs a day, as well as another 30 rhode islands at 5 weeks old.
I have 16 turkeys, 18 ducks, and another 80 white rock meat birds.
I feed all my birds non-gmo foods. I was going to go completely organic, but have had a hard time with the feed prices.
My daughter, 7, and I do this together as a passion. She will just walk up, and pickup a bird with no hesitation. Warms my heart

Anyways, I'm wondering on how many nesting boxes would be my best bet for about 54 hens? I have a pretty darn big outdoor run that they range in.

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[CedarAcres]

Hi! I think the rule of thumb is 1 nest box for every 4 hens, so that would be 14 nest boxes I believe. You could do a wall of nest boxes, like in this thread 3rd post down: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/616356/nest-box-size

Welcome to BYC!

 

[4H gal]

Welcome to BYC!!
Good Luck with your Chickens!

 

[AndrewPeebles]

I'm already liking this community, that link just made my night! Thank you so very much, that's exactly what I'll do.

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Andrew, and

! Great to have you aboard! Sounds like you and your daughter are going to be quite busy with your poultry keeping! Have fun and good luck!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[Fierlin1182]

Hi and

Glad to have you on board. Good luck with your nest boxes!

 

[Fierlin1182]

(Sorry, a double post. My computer often does strange things.)

 

[BrendaJ]

Hello from Oregon & welcome to BYC