I have 2 Rhode Island Reds, and 2 Australorp that are 11 weeks old. Today, one of the Australorps whow seems to be at the head of the pecking order went after one of the RIR, who we think might be a roo, though we ordered all hens. Once the Australorp went after the RIR, the other two jumped in...
I was thinking that covering half of it would be more than enough in the winter, and putting doors on the top to access it would be enough. This is why I came here, to help me think this all out. Thank you for the input.
I just bought an old swing set off of craiglist that I'm just going to use the house part for as a coop. I have a current run, and as it stands right now, it is nothing more than a false sense of security for my girlfriend and her daughter. If anything wants in, it is going to get in.
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I did look at the ones in the medium size section, but I didn't see any that were fitting for what I'm looking for, or the details weren't enough.
I live in Connecticut, and I need to protect against racoons, hawks, and fisher cats. No bears.
My girlfriend got a coop a couple months ago, and we have four hens. We're looking at getting up to 10, so we need a larger coop. However, money is something we have to be aware of, so we want to build one. It has to be a nice looking coop as it is in our side yard, and we don't want an eye...