Re: Going on Holiday Without my Hens


There are two aspects to your decision - food and predators.

Food and water are easy. Get a large 5 gallon metal feeder and hang
it in the dry full of layer pellets. That should be plenty for 6
birds for a week. For water, hook up an automatic water system.

The predator aspect is more difficult. I would not leave them out
during that time. They should be in a predator proof house, yard or
cage. Remember that dogs are predators too.

Dennis.


"chickenkeeper" <nothere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm going on holiday for a week in a couple of months time, and I'm looking
> at what to do with my hens. They (1 year old cockerel, and 5 hens, 4 of
> which are still only 6mo, and one 1yo) all get on together free ranging at
> the moment, they have about 0.25 acre of ground with grass, trees, bushes,



Dennis Hawkins
n4mwd AT amsat DOT org (humans know what to do)
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