I built a coop that is 4x4. I built a ladder type perch that takes up a bit of room, and two perches higher by the ceiling, I’m afraid there is not enough room for the chickens. Do they need a lot of room to walk around inside the coop? I will have a big run and sometimes free range. I have 6...
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I am in need of a coop. I only have a budget of about $600 and I need advice!! My situation here is, I have 6 hens (1 silkie, 2 lavender orpingtons, 1 sapphire gem, 1 mottled Houdan, and 1 Easter egger)
They are currently in a coop way too small for them and I need a new one! I’ve read...
Hi, my boyfriend and I are starting a chicken coop this year and are looking for a coop lot or prebuilt. I grew up raising chickens in a coop but it was already there when we moved to that property and was quite large.
We would like a coop that can hold 8-10 chickens. Right now we’ve got 6...
I live in Minnesota and am working on plans to build my first coop to accommodate 5-6 chickens. My plan is to build a 24 sq.ft. coop, which from what I have read is the advised 4 sq.ft. of coop space per hen. There will also be a 72 sq.ft. attached, covered run for the chickens when they are not...
How Chickens Conquered This Backyard
The method of the chicken infiltration was simple, patient, and very effective. They had a powerful ally in my wife who argued convincingly, "I want chickens." And thus began the year long attrition of this backyard to the commandeering force of backyard...