If you have children, get a docile breed and handle them a good bit when young.
Raise them in their coop for a few months before letting them out. Same with when they start laying, keep them closed up and get them used to laying in the coop. I open the door in the morning, and go close it after dark, and they go lay in the coop
I’ve got a roll out box, has a sloped bottom, so when they lay and then stand up, it rolls out from under them into a tray that is outside the coop. We shut the door to the coop at dark, then flip open the lid to the laying box beside the coop door and gather eggs.
Used to have close to 100 hens, now I have 5. Couldn’t give eggs away fast enough them
Raise them in their coop for a few months before letting them out. Same with when they start laying, keep them closed up and get them used to laying in the coop. I open the door in the morning, and go close it after dark, and they go lay in the coop
I’ve got a roll out box, has a sloped bottom, so when they lay and then stand up, it rolls out from under them into a tray that is outside the coop. We shut the door to the coop at dark, then flip open the lid to the laying box beside the coop door and gather eggs.
Used to have close to 100 hens, now I have 5. Couldn’t give eggs away fast enough them