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[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: here is the amazon link. http://www.amazon.com/Pawhut-Deluxe...380248814&sr=8-1&keywords=chicken+coop+pawhut
The run is going to be rather large for a flock of 4 so the coop is really only going to be a place to sleep and lay. There will be 2-3 months of the really cold weather when the coop will get tight but otherwise I think it will be fine for 3 -4 hens. I don't think I would put a large fowl rooster in it with hens, maybe by himself but there is just not enough room for mating dances.

 

[gunchief25]

could you post a link, i dont know what website to get on for fish stuff lol. I dont fish a lot

I have one of those scales. I got it at Walmart

 

[Thunder Chicken]

I don't weigh my chickens but I do weigh out their food.
I have this scale. It would need a cookie sheet to act as a larger standing area though.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002U4OEDS/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hmm... first I heard of weighing food. Why do you do that? I make sure the feed doesn't run out and change the water every day. Will chickens get fat like Max?

Or maybe they poop less? That would be a good reason. How do you know how much is enough? Or does this have something to do with the fermented feed?

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I have one of those scales. I got it at Walmart

oh, ok. I will look the next time I go to walmart. Thank you

 

[Lora Indy]

I purchased mine at Meijers but here is the same one from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Rapala-RSDS-50-50lb-Digital-Scale/dp/B000PB1RFG

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Thank you

 

[gunchief25]

I purchased mine at Meijers but here is the same one from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Rapala-RSDS-50-50lb-Digital-Scale/dp/B000PB1RFG

That is a good price, I think I paid $35 for mine and it is the older model.

 

[BackyardBitten]

Our non feathered kids were wild tonight!

Looks like a very fun game of alpaca "tag ur it" to me!! lol looks very fun!

I have a grasshopper every day for the last 3 days and today's was exceptionally big. It's fun seeing the girls play "keep away" and this one lasted about 5 seconds tops.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: Right now I have chickens separated by ages and breeds so they are here there and everywhere. I have some meaties and I can't overfeed those or they will be belly up in the morning. They could out eat Max even if Max had missed a meal or two. For the others it started out with the question of how much are you feeding your chickens per day. Then I wanted to see if free ranging would decrease food intake. Well when i had the production hens they would eat the food and not range unless feed at night instead of the morning. I wanted to make sure i was giving them enough but not over feeding them either as they would come in around 4 with their crops full and they were gaining weight from their forced free ranging. So what started out as a how much am i feeding them question has no turned into a great way to limit over eating or lazyness. I have since sold my production hens but I still really mainly feed at night for the chickens.
Ohh i also use the weight of the food eaten to make sure I am selling pol pullets for a fair to me price or breeder quality roosters for the price of the food they have eaten. It was suggested to me by one of the HRIR breeders as a great way to rehome any extra roosters, no real money loss so long as the price of the food and chick are covered.

I have not noticed a real change in the amount of poo but i have noticed more grass in it. Since they free range a lot it is in my grass so the coop has less poo. But to be honest we did not get much of a poo smell, only right after a rain. The wood chips from tree trimmers really work great along the run fence and in the coop. As long as we don't have mud, the smell is greatly decreased.

 

[Urbanmom519]

here is the amazon link.  http://www.amazon.com/Pawhut-Deluxe-Wood-Chicken-House/dp/B006V3XGTM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380248814&sr=8-1&keywords=chicken+coop+pawhut

The run is going to be rather large for a flock of 4 so the coop is really only going to be a place to sleep and lay.  There will be 2-3 months of the really cold weather when the coop will get tight but otherwise I think it will be fine for 3 -4 hens.  I don't think I would put a large fowl rooster in it with hens, maybe by himself but there is just not enough room for mating dances.

I don't plan on a rooster, and I don't plan on free ranging my birds either so that's why I opted to make a larger run, thanks for the input.