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Hello! We started our chicken journey this past Thursday 4/24 with 4 babies.
(2) Isa browns, (1) Easter Egger & (1) Americana.
The next day we went shopping for their future forever home. We found a coop for sale at a farm store about an hour away from our home. It needed a little work but was discounted and as is, was the perfect size for 4 chickens. We tried finding other options but the places we visited only had them in boxes to take home and assemble, no displays at all to see quality. So we went back and got the one. To be noted here, the farm store had the lots and lots of baby chicks at least 25 different breeds.
We got our new coop home and started noting what needed to be done to get it ready. That’s when we realized that if we moved the nesting boxes from inside the coop house to a bump out nesting box we’d have more room. We spent the rest of the day planning the modifications.
Saturday 4/26, wake up and decide I want go get two more chicks from that farm store. 2 1/2 hours later and a fourth trip to the same store in two days we have now added
(1) Lavender Orpinger & (1) Prairie Bluebell to our flock.
By end of day Sunday, our babies are doing great! And the coop is almost ready, mods are made and all trim is painted, only thing left is painting the walls and setting up it place in the yard. We’ve planned for two locations, a summer place and a winter place.
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Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
You're going to need a much, much larger run than what is attached to that setup. I also strongly advise you cover it with 1/2" hardware cloth and secure it with poultry staples or screws with fender washers. And it appears as if the coop needs a lot more ventilation. Because you have a solid roof on the tiny run, the wall on the sheltered side can accommodate a very large area of ventilation. I would cut off the top 7 to 8" of siding and cover it with 1/2" hardware cloth. Try to get some ventilation opposite that side to promote air flow.
 
Tver said:
Hello! We started our chicken journey this past Thursday 4/24 with 4 babies.
(2) Isa browns, (1) Easter Egger & (1) Americana.
The next day we went shopping for their future forever home. We found a coop for sale at a farm store about an hour away from our home. It needed a little work but was discounted and as is, was the perfect size for 4 chickens. We tried finding other options but the places we visited only had them in boxes to take home and assemble, no displays at all to see quality. So we went back and got the one. To be noted here, the farm store had the lots and lots of baby chicks at least 25 different breeds.
We got our new coop home and started noting what needed to be done to get it ready. That’s when we realized that if we moved the nesting boxes from inside the coop house to a bump out nesting box we’d have more room. We spent the rest of the day planning the modifications.
Saturday 4/26, wake up and decide I want go get two more chicks from that farm store. 2 1/2 hours later and a fourth trip to the same store in two days we have now added
(1) Lavender Orpinger & (1) Prairie Bluebell to our flock.
By end of day Sunday, our babies are doing great! And the coop is almost ready, mods are made and all trim is painted, only thing left is painting the walls and setting up it place in the yard. We’ve planned for two locations, a summer place and a winter place.
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Welcome to BYC! Congratulations on getting chicks, they are adorable! And I love your coop, very clever making the bumpout!

You might want to add some hardware cloth to the bottom 3' so that predators can't get in (opossums & skunks), or reach their paws in (raccoons). Like this:
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