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[hallerlake]

Quote: In my experience, it stains the nails a lot longer than the skin.

 

[justbugged]

I know I'll get a wide range of answers to 'how many nesting boxes should I have?'... so let me just ask this: Should 1 nesting box per 2 birds be sufficient?

1 nesting box for 2 or 3 hens is more than enough.

 

[ErinMartin927]

if it's the same as genetian violet, you CAN buy clear gv

 

[ErinMartin927]

(although my experience with GV isn't with chickens, it's with humans LOL)

 

[Rainwolf]

I know I'll get a wide range of answers to 'how many nesting boxes should I have?'... so let me just ask this: Should 1 nesting box per 2 birds be sufficient?

I have 10 hens that fight over the same 2 nesting spots....

 

[ErinMartin927]

...so I'm stuck on the 'breeds' section, adding breed after breed to my 'want' list... at this rate I'm going to need a farm much sooner than I thought LOL

How many birds does one usually keep to a flock (assuming they are cooped/run not free range) - I've been reading that if the flocks get too large you may have 'pecking order' issues and it would be best to segregate the birds in to smaller, more manageable flocks. And do any of you do that (have more than one coop/run to separate your birds)? Does anyone do that to keep breeds separate so you don't end up with 'mixed' breed eggs (assuming you have roos and hatch your own chicks)?

 

[Rainwolf]

if it's the same as genetian violet, you CAN buy clear gv

interesting stuff... never heard of it before...
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/gentian+violet

 

[ErinMartin927]

I have 10 hens that fight over the same 2 nesting spots....

HAHAHAHA! Do you have them in a line? What if you stacked them??

The coop I designed is going to look similar to my shed and is an 8'x12" with 12'x8' run. The coop will be 'halved' on the inside, a partition with a screen door. The first 5 feet or so will be for the humans, and the other 7ish feet will be for the hens. I was going to do, I think, about 4 nesting boxes (they will be in the partition so that I can collect eggs from the 'people' side), each about 1 sq ft... but I was thinking I COULD stack two rows and get 8 nesting boxes...

LOL

 

[ErinMartin927]

interesting stuff... never heard of it before...
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/gentian+violet

If you like to try natural remedies before pharmaceutical, you may eventually come across it. It's often used with infants who get thrush (and also for their mamas if they breastfeed). I have several pictures of my son Finnegan looking like a purple people eater when he was a few months old because of the standard GV, lol!

 

[ErinMartin927]

Is anyone else a weirdo like me and like to have a certain number of things? For me, it's even numbers. I like to buy things in twos. I bought all the chicks in two... I seriously hope all of them are hens, because it'll mess up my brain if I have only 1 of one breed while I have two of all the others LOL... That said, I wish I didn't mind having only one of each, because then I could try all these other super cool breeds of chicken without going over my city limit by tooooooo much. I'm already at 8 (limit is 6), assuming they are all hens.

I need a farm.