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    Looking for advice on setting up breeding pens please

    Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. Of course you have a life. I used the size of the concrete base to measure the runs lol. Based on the size of the shed, the whole will be tiny and could fit into a corner. You could make the runs a bit bigger then, maybe 15' x 20 or something. I feel like I'm...
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    Looking for advice on setting up breeding pens please

    I overstepped, didn't I? It's the gherkins. I knew I shouldn't have put those in...
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    Looking for advice on setting up breeding pens please

    You've basically argued your way into the top field already lol. If you aren't using the sectional concrete, how about putting it down under the coops? That'll give them a nice flat surface and around the coop is the first pace to get churned up from chicken passage. In your 'swampland', I'd put...
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    Looking for advice on setting up breeding pens please

    What this lady had in her original runs, which I thought was clever, was the position of the houses. She placed them against the front panel, with the access to the nest boxes poking through the wire. That way, she didn't have to trek into the runs all the time. It also make egg picking much...
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    Looking for advice on setting up breeding pens please

    I visited a rare breeds farm not that long ago. They kept them all in tractor and moved them onto fresh grass every day. I have to admit I didn't like that at all. There was definitely not enough room for the chickens to even break into a run. They used to keep them in bigger pens. Check out...
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