Dumb coop question!

[canada-goose]

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Man then I better start today or I wont finish by saturday, Thanks Kooshie

The doghouse might work temporarily but I wouldn't count on it.

Sorry, I get kind of brutal when I have an opinion.

 

[crash0330]

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Well see I have a pen that I built for my quails, but its wayyy to big for them, its around 60sq ft, you can check it out on the video, but the weather here is never below 40 but its the total opposite it gets as high as 120 in the summer, but thell be mostly on the shade.

 

[crash0330]

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Man then I better start today or I wont finish by saturday

, Thanks Kooshie

The doghouse might work temporarily but I wouldn't count on it.

Sorry, I get kind of brutal when I have an opinion.

Totally cool, Im a newbee here I gotta learn from the experts!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jess N Jeff]

I live in southern Ca. and you need a coop. There are night time preditors and yes, rain in Ca. If you are getting chickens at least build or buy a small coop. I've seen tons of people that build coops. They are not that expensive. Worst case scenerio, buy a cheap shed for them.

 

[Annalisa]

I've got chickens, ducks and geese and of all of them, my chickens refuse to come in at night. The ducks and geese march right into the shed, but the chickens run for the hills. I've had to take away their roosts on super cold nights so they'd roost on my back porch where I could catch them late at night to put them away. Two of them are very flighty and athletic so I don't worry about them as much. They roost about 10 ft up. It won't be a problem until those two start laying. My barred rock is slow, wide and on the dumber side of chicken so I don't ever let her stay out. The other chickens roost on a high fence and she roosts on an old tire laying in the back yard.......

So far it's the ducks that have fallen prey around here. The chickens have been the best at caring for themselves. The only predators we don't have here are foxes and possums. They are getting a coop next week actually, but have done fine not having full time shelter. We didn't do everything by the book. Some days it bugs me, some days it doesn't.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

I'm in So. Cal. and you need a coop to protect them from predators. Even when I lived in the city I had coyotes, foxes, skunks, opossums, raccoons and hawks...and they don't only come out during the night! I saw more wildlife living in the suburbs then I have living rurally.

 

[Chickens-246]

I would more concerned with cooling them, 120° will kill chickens, even in shade. May want to consider an A/C or swamp cooler in the coop. Try wearing a down jacket when it gets that hot.