Thank you guys sooooo much for your input! dlfridie I love the way you did your run I think I will be using the sandboxy kind of meathod and thanks for the pics! I'm so excited to see how all this turns out. I will definatly poast pictures when I start/finish building ( won't be for a couple of...
I absolutly LOVE the idea of putting wire over the grass so they don't compleatly destroy it. I agree with patandchickens about moving them, probably a bad idea. Thank you for all the help. I would really appriciate more advice!
So far I have gathered that...
Easter Eggers: Blue eggs, qieter than some others,
Silkies: crazy, can be loud, Might be fixed by more nest boxes, like a flock of kittens,
Mille Fleur d'Uccle bantams: "not much bigger than a fat pigeon"
brahma: Like to sit in lap, good egg layers...
I plan on getting chickens this coming spring. I am building a 9'x10'x8' run with a modified rabit hutch as a coup. I live in southern california and live in a condo with MANY neighbors. My back yard where the coup will be is ALL cement with a 10 foot wall of creeping fig on it.
I was wondering...
I am planning on getting a small flock of chickens this coming spring. I have a very large back pateo, all cement with creeping fig covered brick walls.I am planning on making my run about 8'x10x'8'.
I am modifying a rabit hutch for my coup and still making plans to make the ground better for...