Collected 8 today. All ducks laid (7), but one was broken, so I got 6 duck eggs. Got 2 from my chickens.
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24 sg ft is adequate for 6 full grown LF hens. Figure 4 sq ft per hen. This is in the coop, right? Then figure a minimum of 10 to 12 sq ft per hen in the run.3x8 so 24 square feet and ostensibly that's enough for quite a lot of chicks but I won't let them out to free range for WEEKS so not sure about that. Not quite sure how many I can really
yeah I was not talking about full grown hens. I thought I was clear I was talking about chicks. I'm thinking a lot of people don't read a lot posts nor remember. That makes me kinda sad, I try and remember everyone who posts in here and what they talk about.24 sg ft is adequate for 6 full grown LF hens. Figure 4 sq ft per hen. This is in the coop, right? Then figure a minimum of 10 to 12 sq ft per hen in the run.
Ah, sorry. Yeah, I'm old and I read a LOT of threads. My bad. Don't go away. Please try to make allowances. Just roll your eyes, sigh and move on.yeah I was not talking about full grown hens. I thought I was clear I was talking about chicks. I'm thinking a lot of people don't read a lot posts nor remember. That makes me kinda sad, I try and remember everyone who posts in here and what they talk about.
Anyway, I'm talking about a brooder, for chicks. 12 are just fine in there for 8 weeks, which is about when I will let them begin to wander around the hen house/outside. But today I am going to extend it even more to 36 square feet.
I have a giant shed that is my hen house, 160 square feet and my chickens free range all day, so they are not enclosed. They come back to the hen house to lay, to roost and to eat when they aren't foraging. I am partitioning off a part of the hen house for the brooder, so they will be integrated easily.
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Honestly I've shown pics of it in this thread and how I made it and dang man, can't people try and remember stuff? lol
It makes me not want to post about it. Ah well
It's okay, I suppose I am afraid I was hit right in a sensitive spot and didn't react the best.Ah, sorry. Yeah, I'm old and I read a LOT of threads. My bad. Don't go away. Please try to make allowances. Just roll your eyes, sigh and move on.