Chicken Newbie

[007Sean]

Howdy Chris Happyto have you join the family. Enjoy your time here!

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under Chris240 Welcome!

You might be interested in downloading this free e-book My First Year With Chickens

I do hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

 

[blackdust951]

hello Chrisand welcome to backyard chickens!thank you so much for joining usi hope you enjoy your time here.

 

[aart]

I've always been a DIY kind of guy. I've been looking at coop/run plans off and on for a couple of years and seriously for the last few weeks. I thought I had accumulated enough good ideas to start building. I was in the yard looking for a suitable location when I stumbled over an entirely new option.
I built this about 12 years ago, except for the occasional NERF war the boys haven't been near it in a couple of years. I was thinking about putting it on Craig's List "free to a good home, just get it out of my yard."
Overall its about 12' x 30' built of pressure treated lumber. The "Fort" is 5'x6'x5' to the bottom of the shingled roof. This could become a chicken coop virtually for free.
Check the coop pages for progress on repurposing this jungle gymView attachment 1204810

You could keep 3-4 birds in there.
Maybe a couple more depending on your climate, put your location in your profile.
Don't kid yourself that it'll be free tho needs predator proof mesh installed(not chicken wire). A-frame and under fort/coop would be run area.

You could start a new thread here to document your progress and ask questions.

Welcome to BYC!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Absolutely modify the 'Fort' into an elevated chicken coop. Good luck.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Hello and welcome to BYC!! It’s so nice to have you join us.

This video may help with learning how to navigate this site:

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask one of us.