Thanks for the picture urbanhomesteader, that's given me a clue. My rabbit cage is similar. We just might build a second one that's larger and lock them up in there at night. If it's cold, which won't really be a problem til next winter, will the wire cage part be toocold for them? Creating a...
Yes the dog house and rabbit cage are big and will have a latch.
We'll lock them up at night and they'll be safe and warm. And the coop will be locked up too. At sunrise we'll let them out.
As for during the day- we still have some small holes to patch and
the netting to put on the top...
I'm still confused. The hens are not turned out into my open yard. They will be penned in.
But my question is about where they sleep at night. As you can see in my picture we did not close in the shed/ it's covered by three sides. Now if I put the rabbit cage and dog house in there, making a...
At night we are putting them in a large rabbit cage in the shed that's locked up. During the day it's been very warm so I'm turning them out in the pen. Yes we need to cover the top and any holes. We are working on what to put in there for housing the hens. We might drag the rabbit cage into...
I have quite a large wooden dog house that is of no use to the dog. It has a shingled roof on it.
Could this be used to house nesting boxes for eight hens? How would I do it? Would the chickens walk though the front door and find a box to lay their eggs? Would I put legs on the dog house to...
We have runners at the bottem of the wire now because they've been jumping out and bassetts been waiitng for them
What should I do??Does the shed part need to be closed in ya think?? And I put the perch down low and they are hanging out down there now. They teeter and fall when I put them...
For now I have a horse (saw bench) in there with a board running up to it. How do I make a good perch?
At this age they will perch and sleep there and jump off in the morning.??
The whole pen is an open run about 15 feet long with a barn at the end closed in on three sides with a roof...
We live in south Georgia and have eight biddies. I think they are about seven weeks old. They are acting like real chickens scratching and eating off the ground now. They are too cute and very friendly but try to run out the coop everytime the door opens. So next we have to make the nesting...