Creating the Hen Pen
So you’ve decided to become a chicken parent… congratulations! If you want to prevent parasites, predators and disease in your backyard beauties, take a look at how best to design your poultry pen! All chicken breeds have been bred from a few wild fowl, one of which is the Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus). As its name suggests, this chicken loved hanging out within the rich jungle undergrowth during the day, coming out into unprotected clearings for brief foraging periods. What can this tell us about our cage setup?