Comments on: The City Chicken Craze https://backroadsliving.com/the-city-chicken-craze/ Take the back roads to enjoy free recipes, photo galleries and lots of tips and tricks to help you through your day. Wed, 15 Feb 2017 02:19:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: ChickenReview https://backroadsliving.com/the-city-chicken-craze/#comment-37881 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 02:36:09 +0000 https://chickenreview.com/?p=750#comment-37881 In reply to Machtyn.

Hi Machtyn, Nothing like good fresh eggs! 🙂

Thanks for the pic. 🙂

]]> By: Machtyn https://backroadsliving.com/the-city-chicken-craze/#comment-37880 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:56:04 +0000 https://chickenreview.com/?p=750#comment-37880 My wife and I were pleasantly surprised to find that our city had a regulation of no more than 5 hens per 1/4 acre. Since we live on a 1/4 acre, we got ourselves 3 (just for management sake). No rooster needed, our dog and their coop keep them well protected. The coop we use is a design my father-in-law designed. It allows for side flaps to be raised and lowered to allow airflow and has a 60 watt bulb fixture to keep the warm, as needed. We then added a 4’x4′ “open” section (enclosed with chicken wire) so that they could wander outside and peck the bugs and grass.

They’ve produced around 2-3 eggs per day in the summer and while one is molting now, giving us 1 – 2 eggs per day.

Here are the ladies from last Dec. https://i.imgur.com/rWaZlUs.jpg

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