Just In Time Hatching Egg AUCTION and BIN Thread

[prizepete]

Okay, thank you!

i might be too... agh I don't know, i have like 7 different people i want eggs from!

 

[TJChickens]

i might be too... agh I don't know, i have like 7 different people i want eggs from!

 

[prizepete]

lol it just means more birds!

 

[TJChickens]

lol it just means more birds!

Remember...bantams take up a lot less room than LF. You can have three times as many.

 

[CGilbert]

Remember...bantams take up a lot less room than LF. You can have three times as many.

I thought bantams were recommended to have 3+ sq ft per bird, versus LF being recommended to have 4+ sq ft per bird, in the coop.

Please correct me if I've been misinformed. I'm still learning.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I thought bantams were recommended to have 3+ sq ft per bird, versus LF being recommended to have 4+ sq ft per bird, in the coop.

Please correct me if I've been misinformed. I'm still learning.

It's a running joke, lol... TJChickens is being a bantam enabler...

 

[TJChickens]

It's a running joke, lol... TJChickens is being a bantam enabler...

Yep! You get as many as you can in your coop and when you realize they are overcrowded, build another coop! Or two.....Oh, and then you'll need a coop for each color...
(Sorry for hijacking the auction thread )

 

[carcar80]

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[DMRippy]

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I have never seen a LF take up 4 sqft at night when sleeping. My coop is always 4x4 and I have seen about 30 young birds get in the coop no problems. NOW Runs are a different issue. Birds just take up their body width in the coop at night to sleep and that is about all they use it for too.

 

[bauerdog]

In my climate too (NJ) my birds just sleep in the coop. Otherwise they are outside unless they are laying an egg. In early September I had 21 LF and 5 bantams roosting just fine in a 5 x 6 coop. However come snowy days, they won't set a toe outside the coop if there is snow on the ramp. In winter 17 birds fit just fine in there