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Hello there and welcome to BYC! :frow

Definitely stop by our coops pages for some idea... https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/chicken-coops.12/

Chickens need quite a bit of space, especially if they will be enclosed much of the time. 5 sq feet per bird in the coop, 10 sq feet per bird in the run.

Enjoy this new journey and welcome to our roost! :)
 
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Thanks for all the great welcomes! I'll check in on the local thread soon and I'll be sure to look at all the info and links you all shared. There is a lot to take in on this website so hopefully we will not any trouble getting going.

I have access to a lot of abnormally large pallets at my job from when we deliver elevator lits to new job sites. I'm hoping to use much of this for the coop. I'm probably going to be drawing up some plans this weekend and I'll post them for feedback before we start building. Is there a good forum thread for that?
 
John and Tiffany said:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We are new to chickens and have not gotten any yet. We are planning to build a coop soon and then get our birds from a farm in the local area.

(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
None yet. City ordinances allow 6 hens. No roosters unfortunately.

(3) What breeds do you have?
City has no breed restrictions, so we plan on getting 6 Brahma hens. No preference on colors for this first round.

(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
Followed a link in an article about coop designs.

(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
We enjoy outdoors type things. Kayaking, hiking, and other fun (and somewhat introvert) type activities.

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I am currently an elevator mechanic and my wife is a 5th grade teacher. We live in the city of Knoxville on a dead end. We have 3 very friendly cats and our neighbors have friendly dogs that visit us regularly.



From our research we like the Brahma breed because they are bigger than our mighty Hunter cats so we won't have to worry about them. They are reportedly very gentle and even friendly. They are supposed to be great in all temperatures. And they are awesome to look at. My wife wants to avoid anything so big as the giant brahmas that you can find on youtube (but I think that would be incredible to have), so we are hoping to get a more normal sized group of Brahma.

We plan to follow all the city ordinances with our chickens and being on a dead end, I do not anticipate unhappy neighbors. We plan to keep them contained full time but we want to give them a larger than normal fenced area to make their lives a little closer to free range.

We need some advice on coop designs for 6 of these large hens. I'm building it myself and I am pretty handy but I still need more than a blurry picture to know what to do. Any suggestions would be awesome.

We would love any insight or advice and would love to meet some other local keepers.

Thanks
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Welcome to Backyard Chickens love the bio I have three monster cats outside love them but know the limits babies under wraps I have two coops one has two rooms 4 silkies in one that is where peeps live till cats cannot eat them.. fast lots of pallets and cattle panels tons of zip ties and hardware cloth
 

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