Bantam pens

[KingsCalls]

Here's some of my bantam pens. They measure 2'x2'x8' the box on the backs are 2'x2'. I keep no more than a trio in each pen.

 

[johnnyjack]

i tried this one time and loss a few toes.from preditors of some sort.how ya got the bottom finished

 

[KingsCalls]

The bottom is half inch by half inch wire. Each pen has a roost that is 14" off the floor.

 

[peeps7]

VERY VERY nice.

 

[seedcorn]

they allowed to run outside at all?

 

[Zylphrix]

one my hens has her toes bitten off from being in a pen like this when a neighbors dog got to them (before i got her) .. I suggest protecting them somehow.

Mark

 

[KingsCalls]

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Each day (unless the weather is nasty) one pen is opened and they are allowed to roam. So for this one pen which is actually 6 units, each breed is getting to roam evey 7 days.

 

[KingsCalls]

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Mark, When I first built this type of setup I ran electric wire around the bottom (4" off the ground and again about 2"below the bottoms) I heard a couple of coons get into it over a 4 night span, I left the juice to it for another week and have now removed all the wire. It has been 2 years now and I have not had any problems.

 

[Zylphrix]

sweet .. sounds like you got it under control

Mark

 

[paganfish]

Here I got all excited thinking someone was selling bantam WRITING pens!

Nice pens there bud!