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on โ08-09-2010 07:32 PM
Roughly what sort of cage do you have i.e. wooden? How many chooks & what/how much do you feed them? I searched chook houses on ebay, do you suggest a good one?
Klarry what is needed to fox proof a chook house? We were thinking wire underneath and perhaps sleepers too? Are snakes & rats a problem?
Any information would be good ๐
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on โ10-09-2010 04:30 PM
Ohhh well we are rural syrups ๐
That's good ๐
You can keep roosters. But you might not want to. They will wake you up very early .
We bought 4 hens from pet shop at the first and 2 of them turned into roosters. They did wake us up 4 o'clock in the morning. We took them back to the pet shop and replace to 2 hens. One of them turned into a rooster again.
Next time when we get more chicken, we will get them from more trustworthy supplier.
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on โ10-09-2010 04:37 PM
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on โ10-09-2010 04:41 PM

It's good for the girls as it keeps them cool when they're laying (darwin). It's in a 2x4 metre run and they've got perches and ladders all over the place for roosting. We need to give them a wet weather extension, but for now when it rains they are able to sit underneath and stay dry.
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on โ10-09-2010 04:49 PM
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on โ10-09-2010 05:24 PM
Our hens lay eggs in the box and sleep on top of the ox. Since two of our hens are too fat to jump up to the box, my husband put a timber from the ground to the parch for them to walk up to the box. Little red can fly up there but now she walks up too.
We have 3m x 4m fenced yard next to the chicken house for them to run around too.
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on โ10-09-2010 06:14 PM
Oh cool do you get many eggs? Do they lay inside the boxes but sit on top too?
We've got 2 laying at the moment, one lays in the house, but the other lays in a 64l tub that we've screwed onto the shed wall
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on โ10-09-2010 06:57 PM
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on โ10-09-2010 07:00 PM
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on โ10-09-2010 07:06 PM
I had to be careful when I did the washing as the clothes basket was one of their favorite places.
I was renting and when the real estate came around for an inspection one of the chooks was in there laying. They were not impressed so I asked them to fix the hole!
One night I went to put washing in the machine and an animal with a bushy tail ran out through the hole... Obviously it could smell the scent the chooks left in the laundry.

