Hello, everyone!

[Sheizavietwoman]

I’m a newbie. I was gifted 6 baby black austrolorp chicks 3 weeks ago. I have never raised any chickens before. I’m also a mama of 3 yrs old boy who is always super busy/ full of energy. I love gardening and cooking. I really need your helps. I’m shopping for a coop for my chicks to get out in about 10 weeks, I think? They are now separated in 2 bins and in my breakfast area in the kitchen since they are getting bigger and starting to pecking on each other. I need your advices for where should I go shop for a coop? Size of the coop? Size of the run? I have no ideas how big they would be.. What the reasonable price for a coop for 6 hens? I live in Amherst, OH and my city has a restriction for raising them. And my husband is definitely not a handy man who can help me building a coop. We don’t have tools for me to figure that out myself either.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
They will require 4 sq ft per bird in the coop and a minimum of 72 sq ft total in the run, more is better.
Do you have an old shed you can use for a coop?

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Isaac 0]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens!

 

[Chullicken]

I'm not sure you want them inside until 10 weeks of age, they'll be pretty large compared to what they are now. Typical figure is 4 square feet per medium sized bird for the coop area and figure 10 square feet per bird for the run area. I've included some link for raising chicks and goop basics.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/raising-baby-chicks.11/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/coop-run-design-construction-maintenance.9/

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC.

 

[Kale the Quail]

Welcome to BYC! thanks for joining

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Welcome to BYC Sheizavietwoman, thanks for joining us!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal community!
I hope you enjoy BYC as much as we do!

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens, you are very welcome here