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  1. lobb40118

    New to chicken raising I have a few questions.

    Here are some pics of my coop and chickens: Now here is a pic of my Peafowl:
  2. lobb40118

    New to chicken raising I have a few questions.

    Sure I will take some pics of my coop and my chickens it might be a day or so. I find myself out there all the time checking on them and trying to catch them to pet them...lol......I figured out that i need to put a middle door in on the bottom floor to make it easier. I wadded up a feed bag and...
  3. lobb40118

    New to chicken raising I have a few questions.

    well day 2 of my first chicken experience. I ended up buying 2 Rhode Island Red hens and a Barred Rock hen. looks like my coop works fine so far it is 16 degrees and they walk out into the open area into the snow. I just need to put something in the nests on the second floor to keep them from...
  4. lobb40118

    New to chicken raising I have a few questions.

    Thanks, I plan on not letting my dog in the back yard while they are walking around or slowly letting him out near them on a leash to see how he reacts.
  5. lobb40118

    New to chicken raising I have a few questions.

    I have hard wire on one section but chicken wire on the other. The coop is a suburb coop so some neighborhood cats a few squirells, rabbits a racoon on occasion and maybe an opposium on occasion. I have an indoor dog and he does not bother my two peafowl i have in a pen so i doubt he will bother...
  6. lobb40118

    New to chicken raising I have a few questions.

    Ok i am adding a few final touches to the coop then I will place the pictures. My back yard is fenced with 5 foot high chain link and is roughly 90' x 60' so that would be roughly 1800 square foot per chicken minus the stuff in the yard so to be conservative I would say 1 would say 1100' per...
  7. lobb40118

    New to chicken raising I have a few questions.

    I am only getting 3 Hens right now. 3 Rhode Island Reds 26 weeks old so they should be laying soon. The coop i built is a converted rabbit hutch it is two stories the top is 3' x 5' and the bottom is 3' x 8 ' the bottom level is open floored so that grass and dirt are available. It has some open...
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