Hi,
Thought I would post some pictures of my flock and furry friends. Hope you like them.
The home we purchased last year came with a barn in fair shape. After my husband straightened one of the walls and added some more support it is as sturdy as the day it was built. We also added a fresh coat of white paint and repaired the windows the roof and haymow have no leaks, just a few drafts here and there. We decided to build our chicken coop in the South East corner of the barn. We used Plywood, recycled insulation, window and door. My husband ran the electrical into the coop for additional light and heated water bowl.
We are constantly changing the inside of the coop as I am a first time chicken owner and realized after reading BYC that I did a few things wrong. I have 6 nesting boxes now I used to have many more but removed them not only because they did not use them but because they were sleeping and pooping in them. I have left a piece of plywood on top of the nesting boxes for a roost because as you can see my roosts are lower than my nesting boxes another thing that we will be changing. We will be putting nesting boxes coming out the back wall so I can collect eggs from the outside as also give the chickens a little more room and correct roosts. Our automatic door to the run is fully operated by us and a piece of wood to keep it open lol. The girls have a huge run that we section off in the summer so there is always fresh grass.
My other flock is inside the barn roaming all over much to my husbands dismay, I try to keep it clear of chicken poop but It's a losing battle. I think they wait for me to shovel and sweep then give me the old chicken eye and poop on my clean floor. I had them in a stall that was converted for the pullets but because of where they came from they were picked very badly and eating each others feathers, so my solution was to let them free range the barn. It worked all my girls grew their feathers back and I think it has made them much friendlier to me as now they eat out of my hand.
Drinking out of the heated water bowl.
I keep a chair out in the barn where I give the girls and boy treats. If I am sitting in that chair they stay close so they don't miss out on anything. As you see I have RIR, D'Uccles, SLW, and NJH.
My one and only BA
Hannibal - the D'Uccle
Clarice - Hannibal's gal.
Thought I would post some pictures of my flock and furry friends. Hope you like them.
The home we purchased last year came with a barn in fair shape. After my husband straightened one of the walls and added some more support it is as sturdy as the day it was built. We also added a fresh coat of white paint and repaired the windows the roof and haymow have no leaks, just a few drafts here and there. We decided to build our chicken coop in the South East corner of the barn. We used Plywood, recycled insulation, window and door. My husband ran the electrical into the coop for additional light and heated water bowl.
We are constantly changing the inside of the coop as I am a first time chicken owner and realized after reading BYC that I did a few things wrong. I have 6 nesting boxes now I used to have many more but removed them not only because they did not use them but because they were sleeping and pooping in them. I have left a piece of plywood on top of the nesting boxes for a roost because as you can see my roosts are lower than my nesting boxes another thing that we will be changing. We will be putting nesting boxes coming out the back wall so I can collect eggs from the outside as also give the chickens a little more room and correct roosts. Our automatic door to the run is fully operated by us and a piece of wood to keep it open lol. The girls have a huge run that we section off in the summer so there is always fresh grass.
My other flock is inside the barn roaming all over much to my husbands dismay, I try to keep it clear of chicken poop but It's a losing battle. I think they wait for me to shovel and sweep then give me the old chicken eye and poop on my clean floor. I had them in a stall that was converted for the pullets but because of where they came from they were picked very badly and eating each others feathers, so my solution was to let them free range the barn. It worked all my girls grew their feathers back and I think it has made them much friendlier to me as now they eat out of my hand.
