I live in the suburbs so it is hard for me to find sexed bantams let alone bantam breeders. I am buying my chicks from a local feed mill and they only have standard breeds for sale. Any advice to find bantam pullets would be much appreciated!
thank you for the advice everyone, I'll be getting two standards for this coop then. I am new to all of this so thank you all for the advice! I will be getting two orpingtons for the coop because they are my favorite breed I have researched so far.
Thank you for the help everyone, i'm out for the day right now. I should be able to measure the coop itself and the nest boxes once I come home. But to answer HBO's question now, there are two nest boxes and one perch in the coop itself.
Hello everyone, I bought and built this coop recently, I'm attaching an extra 7.2 feet chicken run to it so it will be about 14.8 feet long. How many standard hens can fit in this coop, I was thinking of just getting 2 or 3 hens since I live in the suburbs...thanks!
The dimensions of the...
Hello everyone, I was thinking of purchasing an extra coop for my yard and this one caught my eye. It is a re-purposed child playhouse converted into a coop. Listing says it can fit 5 standard hens here are the dimensions: "Base: 36” w X 87”L and 70” at the peak of the house"
Thanks for the...
Oh shoot I did forget to include that! I raised a small batch of mottled cochin bantams, so I do believe that makes a difference in egg laying capabilities.
i've raised cochins and orpingtons and I honestly prefer orpingtons (I may be biased lol). But in all seriousness, they lay a good amount of eggs for being such a broody breed. Whenever I had cochins they would only lay about 2-3 eggs a week. Where as my lovely orps most of the time layed a...
thanks for the advice everyone. I had one quiz question about the coop. Where would you all recommend to put the feeder and waterer? I was thinking the run.
thank you for the response, I'm looking to keep them in the tractor coop at all times, unless I am out there and I get to watch them free range. But I will not let them free range unattended all day.
I am aware of the "chicken math" many people suffer lol. But I just want to stick with two...
Hi everyone, im new to backyard chickens and was thinking of buying this chicken coop tractor. I was planning to put two standard sized chickens in it (orpington and australorp). Would this coop be adequate for them? Thank you for any help, pictures and dimensions are below.
dimensions: 31 '' x...
Hi everyone I’m brand new to keep backyard chickens and was wondering how many hens could fit in the coop I built . The coop is about 5 1/2 Feet long and almost 3 feet wide. Thanks!
side note: I’m planing to keep heritage/standard size egg layers in here