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Some PROS & CONS of having FREE RANGE HENS
We have free range hens and I'm going to give you some pros and some cons in that regard.
One of the pros is that you get healthier eggs and healthier meat and of course, if you worry about ticks, stop worrying. The hens are going to remove them all. Now let's talk a little bit about the cons.
Everything outside is going to look like this. "Oh, another table that we can sit and eat on", right? No. And mind you, if I try to clean this ten minutes later, it's going to look like this again.
Vegetation is going to be completely removed. And forget about planting little things because the hens are going to rip everything to pieces and destroy everything. Here we have a little cage,[1]for example and as you can tell, it's green inside but not outside. So if you want, let's say a little cute little garden with herbs and everything, you have to wall it in. And don't settle for a wall that is 1 meter tall or even 1.5.[2]Settle for something that is at least 2 meters tall because that's what you need to keep these predators out.
And of course, if I want to avoid having to step in bird droppings all the time, I would have to go farther away from my home because the hens gravitate towards where we are because we feed them and because it's safer. So let's have a little walk away from my home.[3]And as you can tell, the farther away from our home, the greener it becomes. Right here, it's kind of grey because we have a feeding station for goats.[4]But I have to walk like 200 feet away from my home before it starts to become really green again. This is how they get rid of parasites, by the way.[5]
So what do you think? Are the pros worth the cons? Let me know in the comment field below. And if you have free range children, they're gonna build stuff like this. And of course, I will be told to help some of them look for this missing dinosaur for sure at one point. I don't know about you, but I think the chemtrail dude is in love.[6]
We have free range hens and I'm going to give you some pros and some cons in that regard.
One of the pros is that you get healthier eggs and healthier meat and of course, if you worry about ticks, stop worrying. The hens are going to remove them all. Now let's talk a little bit about the cons.
Everything outside is going to look like this. "Oh, another table that we can sit and eat on", right? No. And mind you, if I try to clean this ten minutes later, it's going to look like this again.
Vegetation is going to be completely removed. And forget about planting little things because the hens are going to rip everything to pieces and destroy everything. Here we have a little cage,[1]for example and as you can tell, it's green inside but not outside. So if you want, let's say a little cute little garden with herbs and everything, you have to wall it in. And don't settle for a wall that is 1 meter tall or even 1.5.[2]Settle for something that is at least 2 meters tall because that's what you need to keep these predators out.
And of course, if I want to avoid having to step in bird droppings all the time, I would have to go farther away from my home because the hens gravitate towards where we are because we feed them and because it's safer. So let's have a little walk away from my home.[3]And as you can tell, the farther away from our home, the greener it becomes. Right here, it's kind of grey because we have a feeding station for goats.[4]But I have to walk like 200 feet away from my home before it starts to become really green again. This is how they get rid of parasites, by the way.[5]
So what do you think? Are the pros worth the cons? Let me know in the comment field below. And if you have free range children, they're gonna build stuff like this. And of course, I will be told to help some of them look for this missing dinosaur for sure at one point. I don't know about you, but I think the chemtrail dude is in love.[6]
- It is a trap that someone for some reason has left outside...
(protecting SOME plants in the process) - You need to PROTECT the roots of small trees,
if you want them NOT to be DESTROYED by the hens. - NB! We also have a (free range) HORSE.
So, the removal of plants is NOT ONLY because of the hens!
It will look a bit less apocalyptic if you only have hens. - Kind of YELLOW, actually.
- NEVER give them ANY kind of medicine. If FREE to do what they want, they sort all of that out themselves.
- Nah. Just kidding. It is just contrails from a military jet. They fly over here a lot.