hello, I recently moved to a 10 acre farm ,and I brought my chicken coop from our old place to here. this pic is at the old house. which houses 7 red sex link hens. the coop is fully predator proof, I plan on keeping it covered and enclosed, just how it looks
now that I placed the coop here in its new location, I have added a run completely around this coop and run, the new run measures 48' x 21' and is covered with bird netting for protection. I have ordered 6 more hens and 1 rooster which will arrive around April 9th.
now I have to add on to the coop to accommodate 14 chickens. my plans are adding to each side of the existing coop, by about 3 ft. on each side, relocate the nesting boxes, and when I do add on one of the side I plan to fence it off in side the coop so the new chickens are in the same coop but the old chickens can not get to them. then I plan on putting a temporary pop door on the side so the new chickens can get out to the large run, which I will add a fenced area so they can see each other but stay away from each other.
at what age should I take the fencing down and let them live together?
I look forward to any suggestions pros or cons of what I plan on doing.
this will be the first time I ever added to my flock!
photos of how I am set-up now
now that I placed the coop here in its new location, I have added a run completely around this coop and run, the new run measures 48' x 21' and is covered with bird netting for protection. I have ordered 6 more hens and 1 rooster which will arrive around April 9th.
now I have to add on to the coop to accommodate 14 chickens. my plans are adding to each side of the existing coop, by about 3 ft. on each side, relocate the nesting boxes, and when I do add on one of the side I plan to fence it off in side the coop so the new chickens are in the same coop but the old chickens can not get to them. then I plan on putting a temporary pop door on the side so the new chickens can get out to the large run, which I will add a fenced area so they can see each other but stay away from each other.
at what age should I take the fencing down and let them live together?
I look forward to any suggestions pros or cons of what I plan on doing.
this will be the first time I ever added to my flock!
photos of how I am set-up now
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