25 or 50? well i suppose it'll only take the same amount of time to let them out, Sam has made 2 lovely hen houses for the cobbs (my daddy said we had to get them out of the stables) so he could always make another bigger one............(he combined it with a woodwork project at school and got an A+) the only down side is that when i leave the house i can't get across the yard, i get mugged by 81 birds, they come from all directions, it can be almost impossibe to get as far as the car ( i take food with me, throw it to them and whilst they're busy, make a run for it, my dad say's i should keep the cobbs penned up as they're not pets but they always get out anyway, and i must admit i like to give them freedom, it always amazes me that they stay in their own breed groups, the cobbs stay together, the laying hens stay together (all over the farm, they like to wander but do so in groups) the Silkies and the 3 Amigo's (Littlefoot, Petree,and Eddie) stay together, i mean how do they know? even Pip's Polands have their own patch, we've got roughly 10 adult cockerals and apart from the odd squabble they all respect each others patch,
Aunt Sally, if you had the room i can imagine you doing the same "SCARECROW'S WIFE RESCUES 3 THOUSAND EX BATTERY HENS".........
my daddy has just read this post and said i can have no more than 20, when i asked him why he said "too many eggs as it is.................