Hi all. My hubby and I live in Colorado Springs and joined Colorado Springs Urban Homesteading awhile back. We learned that we can have up to ten hens, no roosters in the city limits, so we have been doing research and planning. Our local feed store will have chicks the end of March. I grew up with chickens in Washington State, and my dad had a nice large chicken house, but here we are looking into a tractor that we can move. I like the look of the A frame ones. Does anyone here have any ideas as to the best type of mobile coop for our climate? We have a large backyard that we would move them around on. We are thinking of starting with five hens and see how it goes.
From the ideas shared so far, I glean that we should raise the babes inside for about 8 weeks and then move them out to the coop. In winter, we would be using a heat lamp for the coldest nights. This is the coop we are leaning toward building for them.
Looking forward to sharing and learning on this site and welcome any comments, observations, etc. If anyone lives close to us at Powers and Barnes area, we would love to visit someone local with existing chicken setup.
