The coop is about a 4.5 square. L, H, and W. It was the tower part of an old play set that I enclosed, attaching nesting boxes to the outside. The run, not including the space under the coop, is about 8 feet long, 4.5 feet wide, and 6ft tall. I probably got my measurements wrong earlier
That's an interesting bit about feeding near the dividing line. I hadn't heard that before. That's a good idea. Total space of run and coop is about 48 sq feet.
I have three eight week old chicks, (give or take). They've been in their own separate cage inside my main coop which houses two older birds, since they were about two weeks old. So all five have shared the same enclosure for the last six weeks. At what age should I let the young ones in the...
I've seen articles where people screwed chicken nipples in to PVC filled with water from a source like a rain barrel. While this is very appealing to me due to the seemingly elimination of watering every day, the question I have is, would the pipe not eventually grow algae? Has anyone used this...
Hello all! This might be the shortest member ship in the history of memberships, but I have to start somewhere, right?! I'm in south central Al, about thirty minutes south of B'ham, in Helena. Our zoning laws currently don't allow 'livestock' in my housing development. Anyone here in the area...
Hello all! This might be the shortest member ship in the history of memberships, but I have to start somewhere, right?! I'm in south central Al, about thirty minutes south of B'ham, in Helena. Our zoning laws currently don't allow 'livestock' in my housing development. Anyone here in the area...