04-20-2012, 05:44 PM
We have six hens and they produce about five eggs/day. We use a movable pen, 3' high, 4' wide, 8' long that my children and I made out of 2" x 2" lumber and wrapped with chicken wire. There is a roof on one end for them to get out of the cold and hinged lids on either end, one for getting eggs and the other for feed and water.
They have a space about 20' x 60' that we rotate them through. They move every day so they can always be on fresh dirt/grass/hay -- they love to scratch for worms and bugs.
We feed them scratch (mixed grains) and a laying ration from the farmers' coop.
We haven't had any trouble with over-wintering, but we did lose some on a brutally hot day last summer. We're in Virginia. Where are you?
They have a space about 20' x 60' that we rotate them through. They move every day so they can always be on fresh dirt/grass/hay -- they love to scratch for worms and bugs.
We feed them scratch (mixed grains) and a laying ration from the farmers' coop.
We haven't had any trouble with over-wintering, but we did lose some on a brutally hot day last summer. We're in Virginia. Where are you?
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