Hey all,
My girls are now 5 weeks looking great. I completed phase 1 of my coop yesterday after badly spraining my ankle half way through the day's work. (my camera is broken, so no pics yet.) It is two story - 4' x 4'. The top is the enclosed coop with a perch and so forth. No nesting boxes yet. I have a whole in the floor with a ladder going down to the ground. That 4'x4' area is wired in. I also have a door to both parts. It is getting warmer here, but I put in the warming light just to make sure they are warm. I put them out last night after finishing, and checked on them this morning, and they seemed happy. I have the whole to the floor covered for now. I had put them in the lower part and they did not figure the ladder out, so I shut them in the top part thinking that they may go down in the night and get stuck. I think I will leave them in the top part for the next week except for occassional "outings." I have to keep them cooped due to city ordnance. I will, in the next couple weeks, complete the 4'x 8' run and attach it to the side. I have 6 Rhode Island Reds, and m new to this who chicken business.
Oh, and I started using a water bottle (made for guinea pigs), and it has worked GREAT - no more poopy water!! I had to make a frame for some wire so I could mount it in the coop.
Anyway, any thoughts or ideas??
Thanks,
Jason
My girls are now 5 weeks looking great. I completed phase 1 of my coop yesterday after badly spraining my ankle half way through the day's work. (my camera is broken, so no pics yet.) It is two story - 4' x 4'. The top is the enclosed coop with a perch and so forth. No nesting boxes yet. I have a whole in the floor with a ladder going down to the ground. That 4'x4' area is wired in. I also have a door to both parts. It is getting warmer here, but I put in the warming light just to make sure they are warm. I put them out last night after finishing, and checked on them this morning, and they seemed happy. I have the whole to the floor covered for now. I had put them in the lower part and they did not figure the ladder out, so I shut them in the top part thinking that they may go down in the night and get stuck. I think I will leave them in the top part for the next week except for occassional "outings." I have to keep them cooped due to city ordnance. I will, in the next couple weeks, complete the 4'x 8' run and attach it to the side. I have 6 Rhode Island Reds, and m new to this who chicken business.
Oh, and I started using a water bottle (made for guinea pigs), and it has worked GREAT - no more poopy water!! I had to make a frame for some wire so I could mount it in the coop.
Anyway, any thoughts or ideas??
Thanks,
Jason
