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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:52 am
by Millymollymandy
I think that is a lot more than most people give their chickens! Mine have two runs about that size plus a bit of extra space outside the shed that they always have access to in order to get to the other runs.
Though to clarify, do you mean outside space? I always thought a chicken coop was the shed/shack/thingy i.e. the indoor space.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:27 am
by MsWildFlower
Millymollymandy wrote:I think that is a lot more than most people give their chickens! Mine have two runs about that size plus a bit of extra space outside the shed that they always have access to in order to get to the other runs.
Though to clarify, do you mean outside space? I always thought a chicken coop was the shed/shack/thingy i.e. the indoor space.
Yeah I initially did think 'coop' just meant the indoorsy bit and then somewhere along the line I've come to talk about the whole thing as a coop.
Maybe someone will be able to clarify that for me.
My girls' 'house' is small, about 1.5 metres by 1 metre with a small nesting box jutting out the back. I hate it, it is so hard to clean. The rest of the enclosure is a tall chicken wire fence which is about 8 feet tall and the dimensions I gave earlier. There are 3 olive trees, a plum, a citrus (don't know what sort yet it's never fruited) and a apple tree planted in there giving good shelter, which is just as well as we are having some brilliant weather at the moment, 27-29 degree celsius!
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:33 pm
by FEEBZ1
we have 30 chickens who have virtually stripped in two months a 50ft x20ft run, and would love to know "what is a chook tractor" . Also we have a poorly chicken with diorhea, any ideas for a natural remedy?
We have tried charcoal, would anyone suggest mixing it with food, as they do not seem interested in pecking at a half burnt log!!
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:52 am
by Annpan
FEEBZ1 wrote:what is a chook tractor?
Basically a bottomless run that you possition over a piece of land you want weeded/ de-wormed/ scratched up, you put you chickens in it and let them work away, then you move the tractor on.
You can buy fancy versions of them, with wheels and coops attatched... or you can make your own.
