High Desert Chicken Newbie

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. The Best of Luck with your Chicks! And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska.

 

[Happy_Hen]

Welcome to BYC!! It's great to meet you! Good luck with your flock

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you joined us!

 

[Stravager]

Welcome to BYC! If it's super windy where you are I'd put some various logs or bits and bobs around where the chickens can duck and cover in their run.

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[N F C]

Hi, thanks for joining us!

 

[Tookie]

Hello, and welcome to BYC!

 

[triciayoung]

Hello everyone,
I'm so happy to find this forum to learn more about raising healthy chickens. We recently purchased 4 Easter Eggers and want to add a few more, they are approximately 3 weeks old now and it's been a joy to watch them change so rapidly.
We live in the high desert just above 4,000 ft. Our home is on the ridge of a canyon that has fierce winds at times I'm hoping our little chicken hut can withstand that kind of energy, it's arriving on Wednesday!
I am an oil painter who also loves to sew and spend time outside in nature with my little dog Sparrow.

Welcome. I agree with @TwoCrows. They don't like wind. I would get a few of these and make a fenced area where they can escape to get out of the wind without having to go into the coop. They work well and look nice: https://www.amazon.com/Windscreen4l...-3-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1