Our family lives just north of Houston in a anti-freedom, anti-self sustaining community (no use suggesting we move as it's not in the cards for another 4-5 years). Deed restrictions are fierce and the chances of changing them is almost 0%. So we have decided to become dangerous, evil, chicken raising outlaws. We have woods behind our house and all of the neighbors have happily given their blessing. Over the course of the next 3 months I will be constructing some sort of coop that is safe and comfortable for approximately 6 laying hens while still remaining mostly camouflaged.
Please feel free to comment as we are new to this and can use all the constructive criticism y'all can provide...
That's about it...appreciate your feedback.
UrbanOutlaw
Please feel free to comment as we are new to this and can use all the constructive criticism y'all can provide...
- Heat -> Texas is hotter'n crap in summer. (although I plan on providing shade and some good breeze for our chicks)
- Hen selection -> We are looking for good egg layers that take heat and are as quiet as can be. We're not worried about normal clucking and such...but loud, all evening noise probably won't be well received. We are thinking of a combination of Silver Laced Wyandotte, Wheaten or Blue Ameraucana, Black Austrolorps...thoughts?
- Coop -> We have a 6 x 14 (thinking area available but are limited to 6 feet tall....any suggestions on design? I wanted it to be raised so we can increase the outside square footage to include the area under the coop.
That's about it...appreciate your feedback.
UrbanOutlaw