As well as having 2 plots, we keep a small backyard flock of hens, just 4 but they supply us with enough eggs most of the year. They are kept in the back of my shed, with a pop hole to an outside run, they also free range when we are able. Spring time creates problems with free ranging hens they seem to home in on any seed tray I've left laying about and scoff the contents.
They seem pretty easy to keep really, as long as you keep the basics in mind, plenty of fresh water, good quality food ( table scraps are ok in small doses but tend to make hens fat if they get too much ) and a safe place to roost for the night well ventilated but draft free. And you don't need a cockerel to get eggs
The photo was taken last year not long after I had bought them, they are Rhode Island Red x Light Sussex.
They seem pretty easy to keep really, as long as you keep the basics in mind, plenty of fresh water, good quality food ( table scraps are ok in small doses but tend to make hens fat if they get too much ) and a safe place to roost for the night well ventilated but draft free. And you don't need a cockerel to get eggs
The photo was taken last year not long after I had bought them, they are Rhode Island Red x Light Sussex.
I'll be adding a post or two on how to convert a shed to a poultry house at a later date.
Lovely looking girls, we have 6 ex batts here. Looking forward to your shed converstion post.
ReplyDeleteyour hens look lovely.. im also looking forward to your shed conversion post as i need to make a bigger hen house myself ;)
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