"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[chickenlittle32]

Nope....still won't work...

 

[La Mike]

Hey bif you divide it up by sq. footage comes to like 84 birds
Personnaly missi i wouldnt put that many in there
it would get touchy unless you got lucky and had the nicest chickens in town

 

[La Mike]

Well I hope his knee straightens up becuase we're gonna need him in the bowl

 

[chickenlittle32]

They didn't practice today....hmmm..IDK why..LOL I have faith that he will be ready...he's got another 2 weeks to rest up...

 

[NonnasBabies]

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Yea I don't think I'd put that many either!! I'd probably be safe to say I could hold at least about 30??

Missi

 

[chickenlittle32]

30 sounds pretty good...You still have grass in the run?

 

[TerriLaChicks]

"I'm tired of hauling out hoses everyday!"

I hear ya, same here. I have 'eating egg' customers where I work; but am hatching the others because, at this age & stage of my life, I want beauty as well as utility--it's not all about the eggs; I look at these chickens every day out of my kitchen window over my sink, & I want pretty birds as well as pretty eggs. I want to get it down to a flock of about 12-15, the best hens from each of the breeds, for a really colorful egg basket, and as long as they pay for their feed, I'm happy w/that.
No matter what the space, it sure seems like they tear it up in no time flat. We're fixing to add to our approximately 30x40 ft run & still, they are keeping it pretty torn up. I'm hoping to free range them for about an hour a day, after I get home from work, now that the evening light is getting longer.
Do any of you free range?

 

[La Mike]

I used to let mine free range but my chickens wont even come out of the aviary

 

[chickenlittle32]

I don't free range..but my run is about 50 ft X 75 ft...so they have plenty of room to roam around...even tho most of them don't go too far back into the run LOL

 

[hippichick]

I've got all of my breeders penned up, and the rest free-range. That is, when we can keep the coyote population under control. They were really bad a couple of months ago. Thank goodness, we haven't seen any in awhile.

Terri, lucky you, getting eggs from Pasafino Farms. I don't see her on here much anymore, but she's got beautiful birds. Are your Welsummer eggs pretty dark? I love all the different color eggs too.

Um, Mike, have ya seen that picture?? I don't think any amount of hosing down will work.

Just hoping he's able to play in the SB.