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Not only that but the south side has a big door. I'm not sure if should be messing with a door. Actually in all reality I'm not sure I can convince my wife that we need turkeys. Whenever we talk about it she gets upset. My hope is that she loves chickens and then softens up to the idea of turkeys.

Maybe I didnt write that correctly but the length runs north-south. So the short end faces south.

My dad believes that this shed was used to house livestock when built. It has venting along the top ridge on the roof. This should provide enough ventilation I suspect. One of my buildings has these translucent panels on the roof and another has them on the side. I'm not sure what I'll do but...

How small of a gap is small enough to not worry about? There are plenty of gaps in this shed and I'm assuming some are good to ignore.

That's what I was thinking of when I said that, but I have never installed them.

Here are a few pics of my shed. Looks like I have some gaps around the sliding doors as well. Would it be a bad idea to just make a seperate enclosure within the shed? It could just be a simple hardware cloth enclosure, like a run.

I was hoping that my buff orps would be a decent dual purpose breed. I am also hoping that if I get into turkeys that the bourbon reds would also be a good dual purpose breed. That is why I am planning them instead of other breeds. As far as wandering goes, do the surrounding corn fields offer...

So I will be new to keeping poultry this spring. I plan on getting 5 buff orpington hens and a rooster. I got into this as I love the idea of having a small hobby farm and being self-sufficient. Now getting chickens for eggs is great. Then I started to think about for meat. Well it seems any...