![]() We’ve even seen four hens at a time all piled into one box, with three empty boxes right next to them! 4. You’ll give them five nesting boxes, and they’ll all pile into oneĮvery photo of ideal chicken coops on chicken blogs and books shows an abundance of nesting boxes ready to be filled with eggs.īut here’s the thing… hens actually prefer to all use the same nesting box. And, no surprise here, the more chickens you have, the more time you can expect to spend cleaning out their coop.Īnd chicken poop means one thing… flies! Here’s how to get rid of flies from your chicken coop. Literally no one warned us about the amount of clean up that comes along with chicken keeping. On your patio, your car, the yard, each other…. The worst part is, they have no distinction about where they’ll let it all out. The amount of poop you’ll deal with as a chicken keeper is simply astounding. Something you don’t really think about until you get to know them. ![]() We’ve had chickens that are talkative and will follow you all day chatting up at you, and others that don’t make a peep and hide from humans.Įach and every chicken is special and unique. Others couldn’t be caught if your life depended on it. Some chickens are cuddly and can’t get enough human interaction. Some chickens are shy and skittish, others are outgoing and needy. Each chicken has a unique personalityīefore we invited chickens into our lives, we thought basically all chickens were the same.Ĭhickens tend to vary wildly by breed, just like dogs do, but even within that breed, each chicken will have its own distinct personality. Most of all, we hope that they’ll help to educate you before you enter the joyful world of raising chickens. These chicken facts may surprise you, delight you, or upset you. Things no one ever tells you when you’re jumping face first into raising poultry. ![]() We learned how to care for them, the specifics of their anatomy, the abundance of different breeds on the market, and exactly how to build the perfect coop.īut, there are a lot of things the books just didn’t teach us about raising chickens. When we decided to raise chickens we read every book on the market. If you’re thinking about raising a flock of chickens, you’ll need all the facts, and there are plenty of things no one tells you about raising chickens. Backyard chicken keeping is all the rage these days. ![]()
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