The roof panels will be on the base of the walls. One corner of the coop will be plywood where I am building an area I can keep the birds safe during severe weather.
Needless to say, progress has been extremely slow. By slow, I mean I have everything onsite for the job, but no real work completed yet. The babies pretty much have the brooder maxed out for size and they are keen to explore. When I clean their brooder or if I am just sitting out with them, I...
So far, we are truly enjoying this adventure. The flock consists of 30 ISA Brown, 10 White Leghorn, 10 Black Australorp and 5 Guinea fowl. They are happily growing up (quickly) in the garage where we devised an expandable brooder for them including a swing, a dome, a dust bath and food and...
About 25 years ago I had about 10 chickens that would free range and coop at night. We had a few disappear in the night and we gave the rest to a neighbor. Since then, I have been on the retail side of chickens and farm animals and recommending everyone check out BYC for all of their chicken...