I wonder if someone might be able to give my some advice??
I know that the general rule is that the more room you can provide chooks the better, but i need to re-think my chook run ideas.
The chooks are currently in a very large run which takes up quite alot of my garden. I have 2 boys that are growing fast and it is becomming apparent that i need to reduce the amount of the garden dedicated to chooks.
I have an ark to which i have attached a run down one side of my garden the run measures 20 ft in length and 4.5 ft in width - so it is long and thin. I have worked out he Sq meters to be about 8.2.
I am beginning to think that i will not be able to house all of the 13 hens that i currently have. It should be noted that the sleeping accommodation is a forsham ark which the company says will house 6-7 hens. However, mine will never be confined to the ark run and will always have access to the 20 ft run.
How many hens do i need to find homes for?