We are adopting an approximately 7 month old cockerel. We want to get him 4 pullets/hens so he’s not alone. The coop would be 10’10’, I have storage in a shed 3’ away. So that’s all chicken room.
We have a welded dog kennel (10’x6’) that we were planning to use as part of the run.
After finding...
We haven’t started building yet, it will be a 16’x10’ run under cover, at a slight slope (less than 4” in 16’ if I remember what my husband said correctly).
We are planning 8 inch concrete blocks sub surface.
The existing soil is red clay. What should we use for run material?
Should we use...
We’re taking in an under 1 year old rooster that the neighbor doesn’t want. I don’t know his breed, super sweet and the hens pick on him.
We have a 10’x10x6’ welded dog kennel sitting on 8” of concrete that we’ll wrap in 1/2 hardware cloth, 19 gauge.
In for a penny, in for a pound. May as well...