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Built a chook pen - advice and tips on keeping chooks
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<blockquote data-quote="Bobh" data-source="post: 311581" data-attributes="member: 4415"><p>Put different colour rings on each chook, stops arguments of who belongs to who.</p><p>Chooks will have a pecking order ( excuse pun) so have roosts at different heights, alpha chook will always be on top row, she may tolerate one or two on same level, others she will keep below.</p><p>Always have more nesting boxes than chooks, let them choose the ones they want and will tend to use the same one all the time.</p><p>I used dustless wood shavings from agr supplier, 1 bale spread about 4" thick in chook house will last several weeks. Make sure remove droppings from below roosts each week.</p><p>Chook house should not have ammonia or dusty smell.</p><p>Previous contributors all have good ideas.</p><p>If you are a very keen gardener, watch out for they will eat most greens you have growing.</p><p>Bottom line, a bit of work but good fun and the eggs taste bloody good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bobh, post: 311581, member: 4415"] Put different colour rings on each chook, stops arguments of who belongs to who. Chooks will have a pecking order ( excuse pun) so have roosts at different heights, alpha chook will always be on top row, she may tolerate one or two on same level, others she will keep below. Always have more nesting boxes than chooks, let them choose the ones they want and will tend to use the same one all the time. I used dustless wood shavings from agr supplier, 1 bale spread about 4" thick in chook house will last several weeks. Make sure remove droppings from below roosts each week. Chook house should not have ammonia or dusty smell. Previous contributors all have good ideas. If you are a very keen gardener, watch out for they will eat most greens you have growing. Bottom line, a bit of work but good fun and the eggs taste bloody good. [/QUOTE]
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