We like to work in the yard so I think we will enjoy it. I will post pics as we go. I think we will have it completed in 2 weekends maybe 3 with the painting.
You could make some short runs for them perhaps. I have seen the a-frame tractors on the coops page. That is where I got my idea for the...
OH I totally agree the safer the better. My hens will not have free run since our neighborhood is full of dogs and mine would surely get eaten. I have had a raccoon trying lately to no avail to get into the coop. I have a live trap I can set if I see that he/she has been back as well as a hot...
I have finally gotten the hens to get along and that coop has 10 in it. They are not pecking at each other and do nicely. I do clean it daily since I think poo is yucky. I change all the shavings once a month and am just picking up anything I can see on a daily basis.
Having a good run is...
We converted our 8x8 shed into a coop.
The big window we made in the back wall. I made a plexiglass window that I can swing up and hook on a hook in the ceiling for the winter.
The pop door with frame and one of the roosts next to it are shown in this pic.
We made a diagonal wall so I can...