A beginners attempt at coop and run

[chickenboy7c2d]

you've got quite a lot of chickens to start with, how many eggs are you getting?

 

[Aymitelli]

Great pictures! Thanks for posting them.

We'll be starting our coop soon and have been checking out everything to get ideas!

I like the upside down fencing idea!

~Amy

 

[Hens4Fun]

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This is actually my second flock at the moment ... but when we built the henhouse we were totally new to it all (which is why I say we were beginners in the coop/run building-thing). I knew I wanted to raise chickens and when I found out our city was still zoned for farm animals I went for it without any idea what I was doing... and I would definitely make a wider henhouse if I did it again. My first flock was 7 hens ... all GREAT layers. So hahaha ... I regularly got 6-7 eggs a day to start! This second flock of 8 hens and a rooster give me 6 or 8 eggs a day. They are all pretty good layers so far, but 3 go broody regularly. Since they all started laying I don't think I get less than 5 eggs a day and I regularly get 7 a day.

wayyyy more than I need.