My neighbors keep like 7-8 laying hens that are comming up to their 3rd summer. they keep a covered pen and they do really, really well once the weather warms up with each doing one a day or so. I take my veggie, salad makins scraps to them all year round so i get a dozen once a week or so. no onion scrap as they don't digest well apparently.
so dam funny watching the bird tending of his two daughters, Maggie fetch and heard them from around the property with a really long stick and calling them by name back to the pen after them ranging a few hours a day..
dude grows some top shelf cannabis too.