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DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
I would have Corid available in case you need it and chick electrolytes to use in one waterer for the first 3 days after receiving the chicks. Keep fresh water in the second waterer. I like making baby bottles because they keep the water clean, the brooder dry and don't take up floor space:
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I also strongly recommend a brooder plate and having lots of ventilation in the brooder.
Putting holes in a coop are rarely adequate for proper ventilation. You need to think the equivalent size of a window open year round with 95% of the open area up high and the rest coming in down low. Target 1 sq ft of permanently open ventilation per bird in the coop. Having large overhangs on the roof help with heavy ventilation without rain/snow blowing in the coop.
Good luck with the coop modifications. I hope it wasn't a pre-fab.
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Thank you. Lots of good advice. I will attach a pic of the coop I have. It says it houses 6 but to me, I can only see 4 comfortably sharing that space. I will be letting them out every morning as I am a SAHM and am tending our garden every day. (I also have fenced off a portion of the yard as I understand that they can wreck your garden 😂)
 

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Urbansteader said:
Thank you. Lots of good advice. I will attach a pic of the coop I have. It says it houses 6 but to me, I can only see 4 comfortably sharing that space. I will be letting them out every morning as I am a SAHM and am tending our garden every day. (I also have fenced off a portion of the yard as I understand that they can wreck your garden 😂)
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You could probably stuff 12 in there but no one in their right mind would. I wouldn't use it to house more than a single bird if that was all they had for space.
I would install a predator apron around the base of that entire setup and never close the pop door into the upper "coop". Just have that for roosting and nest boxes. Keep the food and water in the "run" part. I would add a layer of wood chips to the ground where you place that so they have something to scratch around in. Also install another perch in the "run" area so they have something to roost on while waiting for you to let them out or if it's raining and they don't want to stay out in it.
 
DobieLover said:
You could probably stuff 12 in there but no one in their right mind would. I wouldn't use it to house more than a single bird if that was all they had for space.
I would install a predator apron around the base of that entire setup and never close the pop door into the upper "coop". Just have that for roosting and nest boxes. Keep the food and water in the "run" part. I would add a layer of wood chips to the ground where you place that so they have something to scratch around in. Also install another perch in the "run" area so they have something to roost on while waiting for you to let them out or if it's raining and they don't want to stay out in it.
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Oh yeah I could never. I definitely will give them lots of free range on their side of the backyard.
Oh okay yes those are some great tips. Their coop is under a huge pine tree so the ground is basically pine needle mulch where the little “run” Is.
 

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