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New coop! | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens Finally finished building our coop and got 4 new hens last night They are mature and very healthy My question is this is their first morning in their new coop They are awake and chattering but not coming out Do we need to teach them to use the ramp? Or let them figure it out?
New Chicken Coop | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens For interior, this is how my neighbor set up her new coop This is her first time with chickens, and I did give a lot of advice, but I think it turned out nice Is this a good design with poop boards and such? I'll have about 30 chickens in my coop full time, though 8 are small bantams They'll have a run, but free range all dry during the
New coop considerations | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens Putting up the coop in a week or two, just wanted some general guidelines Looking at 8 nesting boxes and roost space for 16 medium sized birds, brown leghorns Nesting boxes will have outside egg removal and cleaning access Planning tentatively on the nesting boxes being 12" wide x 16" high by
New coop. | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens Building a coop on the north side of our greenhouse There is a fox den under the greenhouse, I'm hoping the 1 2x1" square fence I'm burying will stop them I've built a coop before for 12 girls, but the underground layout to keep it predator proof went outside
Water and feed system for new coop build - BackYard Chickens I’m new to chickens and building my coop It’s a coop with attached run all under one shed roof I have it designed with an entry space on one end where I will store feed and have a quarantine pen The middle is all run and the far end is the elevated coop roosts with a clean out door, nesting boxes will be mounted to access from inside the
new coop - floor plate or posts in ground? - BackYard Chickens I'm building a new coop and kinda following a plan that a friend gave me The coop calls for a square base (what they call a ground plate) to build the coop on The ground plate rests on the ground and the legs would be built up from there I'm confused why you'd have a base that sits on the ground instead of digging holes for the posts to go into
New coop who dis | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens Hey yall! I'm building a new coop and would love suggestions! I have already constructed the frame exterior other than a few small things and paint, I am now in the process of building the interior (See photos) It is an 8x16x8 total size With the back 8x6x8 as the coop itself and the remaining 8x10x8 as the interior run
New coop | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens I bought an 16' x 8' shed that I am converting to a coop for my growing flock I'm trying to figure out how to set up roosting bars to accommodate around 30 birds A few are Brahmas and Brahma mixes I currently have 6 nesting boxes and plan to add a few bins that my larger birds can use as
Training Chickens to Coop at Night We purchased a solar powered automatic door to open in the early morning and it closes around dusk It seems that they go in the coop, then, they straggle back out We find that we have to manually re-open the door to allow them to go back in Not sure what keeps them from staying in the coop Our coop has 2 windows in it, So, not sure what's
New coop | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens I use shredded cardboard paper in my coop but add some horse stall pellets under the roosts I don't have poop boards; since my winter coop is in a corner of my barn, I go in with the manure fork a couple times a week and scoop what's built up under the roosts, but don't worry about getting it all and let the rest mix in with the bedding