I have a routine each morning, and to have happy chickens and have them laying lovely eggs for you each day, you should try to stay on a schedule with them everyday. The happier a chicken is, the more eggs it lays and the longer it will live. These guys aren't just a chicken to us, they are apart of our family. We give them love, treats, attention, and all their essentials.
I always have their chicken door open to their yard by 6am, they usually come out around 6:30 each morning, some linger behind and be lazy, they all have their own little personalities and things they do that makes them special.
Around 9-10 am each morning, I take them their special morning breakfast treat, now this is not something you have to do, I choose to do it because I love them, I enjoy giving them special things they like to eat, I feel that it makes them very happy, it gives them something to look forward to each day, and it lets them know that I care for them. Therefor they show me that they care for me too, by allowing me to pet them, and hold them. Which, of course, makes me happy!! So its a win win for me lol!!
Along with their breakfast treats, I make sure that they have plenty of water, they have plenty of scratch to pluck around at, and plenty of feed in their feeder. Now this is something as a Backyard Chicken owner you do have to do... Which you probably know this because its a No Brainer, haha!!
I also check my laying boxes for any eggs, My girls haven't started laying yet, But in the next week or so we will have eggs!! We got the first set of girls when they were only 4 months old, Henry was 7 months old at the time, We have had them for almost 2 months, in that time we have bought 5 more girls and plan on buying more...
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