Hi everyone!
Ive been reading BYC for over two years, living through you all and yearning
for my own chooks, but the timming just hasnt been right - well now it is!! YAY!! YIPPEE!
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I wanted to show you all what I bought last week to use as the coop. Its a cedar playhouse (thanks to BYC Ive learnt that cedar shaveings are toxic to chickens but haveing a coop made of cedar is fine as long as they dont eat it!) I got it on craigslist for $200 so I dont think I did too bad. Im going to have the run come off of the right hand side of the coop, have the doors and windows covered with hardware cloth. Im going to paint it, make the front of the playhouse inacessable to the chickens (to keep it poop free) and pretty it up, signs, hanging flower baskets etc. Im going to get 3, hopefully an EE, a Red Star and a Black Star, but as Im getting them from my local feed store, that may change!
Soooo happy Ill finally be a chicken keeper!!
I plan on having the coop and run ready for sometime in April, so be assured, Ill keep you up to date with it all!
(just found out, coz Im new I cant post pics yet, when I can I will)
Ive been reading BYC for over two years, living through you all and yearning
I wanted to show you all what I bought last week to use as the coop. Its a cedar playhouse (thanks to BYC Ive learnt that cedar shaveings are toxic to chickens but haveing a coop made of cedar is fine as long as they dont eat it!) I got it on craigslist for $200 so I dont think I did too bad. Im going to have the run come off of the right hand side of the coop, have the doors and windows covered with hardware cloth. Im going to paint it, make the front of the playhouse inacessable to the chickens (to keep it poop free) and pretty it up, signs, hanging flower baskets etc. Im going to get 3, hopefully an EE, a Red Star and a Black Star, but as Im getting them from my local feed store, that may change!
Soooo happy Ill finally be a chicken keeper!!
(just found out, coz Im new I cant post pics yet, when I can I will)
