Wanna bet! Sounds like you need some poultry netting. As in the electrified kind. There is zero reason for children to learn it is acceptable to harass animals of any kind. If their parents won’t teach then, an electric fence will!
Look on craigslist and FB marketplace for kennels. They are often a fair amount cheaper than new. Just know how much new ones are, so you know if you are getting a good deal or not. 2x4 welded wire is SO much better than chain link if you can afford it. (It's much tougher and harder for a...
No idea what the "correct' answer is. But I would put him with the older girls. Hopefully they will teach him some manners. No reason for him to be breeding pullets that are too young to even lay yet. IMO that is just asking for injuries.
I got 3 black Ameraucana POL pullets from a breeder last month.
Getting 5 SR Cayuga ducklings from a different breeder as soon as they are "coop ready" and don't need heat. They are almost 3 weeks old now.
I'm also waiting on some black Appenzeller Spitzhauben pullets. Eggs were just put...
Are you planning on adding a bunch of ventilation? I would imagine it gets fairly hot there in the summer? A metal shed is like an oven if the sun shines on it.
Even Silkies? (I have ZERO clue, never had any and never will.) I just didn't know if they stay as warm naturally as a regular feathered chicken since they don't have regular feathers. :)
IMO, 10 bantams would be wedged in there like sardines. In the picture there are only 3 large fowl birds in the "main" part and there just isn't enough room for even them. If you hae much wind, that thing will blow over unless it is heavily staked down some how. Are you going to totally cover...
Depending on how bad their ground is, no man, no matter his size, would be able to pound posts in. Some places, the ground here is so rocky, that you might be able to get a post in if you use a tractor with a bucket and push them in that way. But some places, that just bends the t-post...