Legacy Farms
Songster
Last weekend my husband and I built a brooding house onto the chicken coop. It is 8x8'8" because the brooding box my hubby built is nearly 8" long. We are getting more ducklings tomorrow and I didn't want them in the house. Without a heat lamp in the brooding house it stayed in the mid 70's inside. With the heat lamp on I'm not too worried about them staying warm enough.
Our chicken coop is a modified horse shelter or run in shed to be more precise. Our lovely 9 year old mare who used to occupy this shelter thinks she is part beaver and chewed a nice big hole in the wall. I had it covered with OSB, I removed the OSB & used ½ hardware cloth to cover it so the older ducklings & chicks can see the new additions. I am going to make a window in the side of the brooding box covered with hardware cloth so I can open it for maximum interaction ability.
I hope I am on the right track here, I have read so much recently that I have been picking & choosing what I think would work best for my flock. Which seems to be ever increasing!
Tomorrow I will be picking up Cayuga, Blue Indian Runners and whatever else decides they need to come home with me.
I currently have Pekings, Rouens & Mallards.
My husband says I collect horses...he has no idea the monster he has created buying me babies for my birthday
Anyways here are the photos of the nearly completed brooding house. The tin roof will go on tomorrow and paint as soon as it decides to stop being windy!
This weekends project is building their yard/run!
Our chicken coop is a modified horse shelter or run in shed to be more precise. Our lovely 9 year old mare who used to occupy this shelter thinks she is part beaver and chewed a nice big hole in the wall. I had it covered with OSB, I removed the OSB & used ½ hardware cloth to cover it so the older ducklings & chicks can see the new additions. I am going to make a window in the side of the brooding box covered with hardware cloth so I can open it for maximum interaction ability.
I hope I am on the right track here, I have read so much recently that I have been picking & choosing what I think would work best for my flock. Which seems to be ever increasing!
Tomorrow I will be picking up Cayuga, Blue Indian Runners and whatever else decides they need to come home with me.
I currently have Pekings, Rouens & Mallards.My husband says I collect horses...he has no idea the monster he has created buying me babies for my birthday
Anyways here are the photos of the nearly completed brooding house. The tin roof will go on tomorrow and paint as soon as it decides to stop being windy!
This weekends project is building their yard/run!
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