Here's mine. My buddy gave me the wire all I had to do was buy the posts. I left a 6 inch gap between the 2 runs of fencing. My run is not covered but my old flock never tired to fly out of the run either. Even when I free ranged them and locked them up they wouldn't try to leave.
With my last flock last year, they lived inside until they had feathers under a heat lamp. then I moved them out into the coop, but I kept the ramp up until I felt they were more acclimated to the weather.
If I get them (chickens and ducks) in mid March, they will be ready to go to the coop in...
Should I get a drake? I was going to try and get some Welsh Harlequin ducks. However I cannot find them in my area which mean mail order, which means more money than I'm willing to spend.
So on March 10th at my local Farmers Coop I'm going to bring home 2 Khaki Campbell hens along with 4...
Yes I am. I'm probably going with what I had last time but with a couple changes. I'd like to get 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Buff Rocks, 2 Australorps, and some ducks. I'd like to get Welsh Harlequins (2 hens, 1 drake) but I don't think I can get them where I live without mail ordering them. And mail...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had a flock last year but they were killed by 2 stray dogs. My fault I guess since I had been leaving them out of their run to free range. It wasn't a problem for months... Until it was...
(2) How many chickens do you have right...