Thank you! We are very new at this and are learning so much! We plan to build a new much larger coop this spring to better accommodate new additions and fix all of our newbie mistakes. Until then we will work with what we have and try adding the new sexlinks with lots of checking in to make sure...
Thank you all so much for the info. I have attached a photo of our coop. It is 4’x8’ divided in the middle. Behind the double doors are the nesting boxes and 4’ roost and we have added a 4’ roost to the open side as well. We have also added additional latches to the screen door to make it safer...
I have a single black sexlink hen that is around 1 year old (she was the sole survivor, and top of the pecking order, of our flock of 4 after a fox and hawk took the other three) and we recently purchased a rooster ~ 1 year old, two black sexlinks ~ 14 weeks old, and two brahmas ~ 10 weeks old...