Rooster Hen
Build A Chicken Hen House
The Size - Some people will let their chickens run loose, especially during warm weather. The problem with this is that you will have hen droppings all over and you may have to hunt for the eggs in odd places that the hens pick to nest. It is far better to build a closed pen and hen house. An ideal size for a rooster or two and six to eight hens would be a hen house approximately three by nine feet with a ten-foot high ceiling and an outside run about nine by twelve.
The Design - You can build a hen house from just about anything so long as it has a varmint-proof floor, sound walls and roof. In the cold climates, it should be free of winter drafts and in the hot climates, good summer ventilation. It can even be part of a shed. Cut a hole about a yard square from one of the outside walls about five feet off the ground. Cover it with a strong aluminum fly screening. This will let fresh air circulate, let some of the sun in and keep the flies out.
The Roost - Chickens prefer to spend the night off the ground. You can run lengths of two by fours about five feet high along each of the long side of the walls of the hen house. Then on these and extending across the short side of the hen house, nail the nesting boards, one by two-inch rough lumber. Place the back roost six inches from the back wall and the other a foot apart. Normally a heavy-bodied chicken requires a good square foot of roosting space in the summer. In winter, they may crowd closer together for the warmth.
The Door - At floor level underneath the square hole covered with screening, make a hole a foot square with a door that slides up and down in rough wood channels. This stays open most of the time but, when cleaning the hen house, you will want to keep the hens outside in the pen.
Don't know what to do with all those messy leaves laying around your yard? Use them as a floor covering for your hen house. They keep the droppings from sticking to the wood and makes it easier to clean the hen house.
About the Author
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What's the difference between a HEN, a CHICKEN, and a ROOSTER?
And I don't really mean gender wise, I understand a HEN is a Female, and the ROOSTER is the Male. And the chicken is, well, the ones processed for buying and eating. LoL But, are "chickens" the same as hens and roosters? As in, once put on supermarket shelves, it's all the same?
Chicken is the name of the bird, like Human is to Man and Woman, like Deer is to Doe and Buck. Chicken is the species, Hen and Rooster is the sex.
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