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I understand! I appreciate all the info! I’ve only been a chicken mom for 8 months so still learning but have researched I think far more than most new chicken moms. So far, they all have been roosting wonderfully with no problems! Seems they just needed a few days to figure it out ha

Hahahaha my best friend, she’s an awesome lady! There is a hardware cloth and rocks on top around the bottom, just finished that the other day, after these pics, it was a whole day affair doing that! Thank you! They are some of the easiest hardest pets ever

Thank you! I free range all the time except vacation when my husband comes too, it’s 2 weeks out of a year so that’s the only time they are locked in the run and coop. So yes I think they have plenty of room for the freedom they have. So far they have roosted the last 2 nights. And so far away...

The roosts are 6 feet in length each. The whole inside of the hen house is 6x5. With external nesting boxes. The run is 24x5. And the free range with me so the run and hen house is intended to be large enough for them to be locked into while I’m on a vacation only. I did all the calculations I...

Good point! I guess I didn’t really think like that, I just assumed they liked too since they did in the old coop.

Good idea! I’ll try that!

They are all the same age, no one knows what they are doing Hahahaha Yes! I think vinyl is the best option for Florida, otherwise I think the bedding just gets too much moisture from the wood.

You think it’s too small? I did the calculations so it wouldn’t be too small. 3 sq ft per bird, Which is why I put the nesting boxes externally. They actually free range the backyard but I made the run and hen house large enough so that when I’m gone for a weeks vacation they can just stay in...

I just finished building my new coop for my 10 girls. They are 8 months old and have been laying for 3 months. In their old coop some roosted outside of it and others inside but the inside coop roosts were on the floor so they didn’t have to jump up inside. (Cheap tractor supply coop, that...