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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: leena on July 23, 2009, 09:44:38 pm

Title: chickens in barns?
Post by: leena on July 23, 2009, 09:44:38 pm

Hi from a newbie

I have a large barn wich is not really used at the moment

do you think it would be a  suitable place to lock up my

4 free range chooks at night. it seems fox proof.

Title: Re: chickens in barns?
Post by: doganjo on July 23, 2009, 11:03:16 pm

Should be OK, but perhaps section a bit of it off or they'll poo all over it.  They'll need something to roost on too - maybe an old shelving unit?  Mine used to be in a barn when I lived in my last place but I still had a shed inside it and they went inside that at night - maybe they liked the security

Title: Re: chickens in barns?
Post by: shetlandpaul on July 23, 2009, 11:46:26 pm

poor girls will feel lonely im sure you will soon fill it up with others. it will happen.

Title: Re: chickens in barns?
Post by: Rosemary on July 24, 2009, 02:41:58 pm

Hi, Leena and welcome.

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