A guy I met from Craigslist give me 3 Rhode Island Red and 1 Long Horn hens that were no longer laying as often. I'm a new chicken keeper so I didn't mind. In this pic they area currently being introduced to my bantam chicks.

In this coop I'm trying out mixing rabbits with chickens. Basically what I have tried and with a degree of luck I say is a time sharing system. Both rabbits come out at night while chicks are roosting up above. In the morning rabbits go back inside the hutch and the chickens are free to run about.
Rabbits are messy, they don't use dropping boards, about the only thing I do not care for so far.

Started putting up the run but got the flu. Sick for over two weeks. Early December now, super cold now. Run will have to wait....
Run is supposed to be if I can remember correctly something like 20x30 I think. Whatever it is is its big enough to house up to 24 chicks comfortably.

Lots of work to still be done. I believe my wife hates me now. I'm always it seem working on this chicken coop....when will it end.

A guy I met from Craigslist give me 3 Rhode Island Red and 1 Long Horn hens that were no longer laying as often. I'm a new chicken keeper so I didn't mind. In this pic they area currently being introduced to my bantam chicks.

Dresser turned into a rabbit hutch. Hole was cut into the hardware cloth and back of dresser, connecting the hutch to the coop interior. Sliding door shutting of hutch from coop when needed, small ramp leading down to the coop floor on opposite side.

Chicken swing added now, chicks seem to dig it! Must be swingers...lol sorry couldn't help myself.

Just a peek through the interior wall.

A guy I met from Craigslist give me 3 Rhode Island Red and 1 Long Horn hens that were no longer laying as often. I'm a new chicken keeper so I didn't mind. In this pic they area currently being introduced to my bantam chicks.

sgtjmc33
Feb 21, 2017

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