Ron in Sebring
Chirping
New to the site but have raised chicks for years and thought I’d see what other folks are doing with theirs.
Have a small flock of 8 right now. Lost many in the past to the pesky raccoons but remedied that this year finally by building a large run and large coop. Is large enough to still consider them free run almost and they stay safer from the predators.
Run is totally enclosed 10’w x 24’l x 8’h and it connects directly to a 10’x12’ coop. Coop is also totally off grid and run by solar including auto chicken door, camera, timed interior lights, fans and water cooled air blower.
They also have lots of vegetation and plants growing inside and around the run to choose from when they feel like something different including bitter melon (they will totally fight you for those!), camphor trees overhead and lots of grasses with plenty of anoles (small lizards) to chase and eat.
The girls are 4 leghorns and 4 barred rocks and eggs are not a problem around here!
Hope to learn something new and offer something as well in the future. See y’all inside.
Have a small flock of 8 right now. Lost many in the past to the pesky raccoons but remedied that this year finally by building a large run and large coop. Is large enough to still consider them free run almost and they stay safer from the predators.
Run is totally enclosed 10’w x 24’l x 8’h and it connects directly to a 10’x12’ coop. Coop is also totally off grid and run by solar including auto chicken door, camera, timed interior lights, fans and water cooled air blower.
They also have lots of vegetation and plants growing inside and around the run to choose from when they feel like something different including bitter melon (they will totally fight you for those!), camphor trees overhead and lots of grasses with plenty of anoles (small lizards) to chase and eat.
The girls are 4 leghorns and 4 barred rocks and eggs are not a problem around here!
Hope to learn something new and offer something as well in the future. See y’all inside.
