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[bobchell]

We are in Mountain Home, just moved here from the Boise area in July. Just found out today (December 28, 2012) that we are getting 3 chickens from my hubby's co- worker who can' t keep them anymore. We were planning for the spring but oh well! Got lots to do first but we are excited!

 

[MeAndTheBoyz]

thanks for the advice - hopefully it will be simple as it sounds
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Agreed!

Hopefully we will be done with our renovations this weekend. Nothing fancy, but just about anything will be a step up from what they have Will be posting before & after pics - guess i should look at making a page for the project instead of flooding the thread, lol.

Our plan thus far is 6x8 ft coop with brick/sand floor (sitting on the ground, of course!) and deep straw, facing south. Walls will be 6' high, top 12" will be open on the N & West sides. E & S top 12" will be constructed as "open" but will be covered with carpet scraps to allow air to pass through with no draft (to block the SE winds in the winter). Single slope roof, will be about 7' tall at the front (South) side, just under 6' at the back wall. Installing a skylight panel of corrugated PVC roofing material in the center, standard roofing with shingles elsewhere. Their pop door will open into a chainlink dog run, Eastern half of the run will be roofed & wrapped in plastic for winter weather.

Putting their food & water inside the coop - hopefully that will keep our water more liquid-like and less ice-like.

3 Nesting boxes (12" from the floor) on the opposite end from their roosts (highest at 3').

No additional heat.

I've read elsewhere that chicken wire should not be used, is that the rule for our ventilation areas as well? Not sure what type of predators to expect - only have seen sparrows and neighborhood cats so far.

I do have a timer controlled floodlight system in the run - is it better to have it in the coop? They put themselves to bed when the sun sets - even when my lights come on about 45 minutes before dusk.

Needless to say - what little bit of backyard i did have is now claimed by our hens!

Hey Sis, good to see you!

 

[MeAndTheBoyz]

We are in Mountain Home, just moved here from the Boise area in July. Just found out today (December 28, 2012) that we are getting 3 chickens from my hubby's co- worker who can' t keep them anymore. We were planning for the spring but oh well! Got lots to do first but we are excited!

Congrats! I have found a wealth of information here in the forums.

 

[Daloorashens]

Welcome Bobchell!! and congrats on the chickens!!

the more the merrier!! we seem to have a problem with stalling here on the ID thread, but hopefully with more people checking in, it will get better...

your coop sounds a lot like mine... ours is set in the back corner of the yard, so 2 sides of the outside run are protected by the vinyl fence... I just let them out of the coop in the morning into the run and they make trails through the snow.. I did stack straw on the outside on the southwest walls to maybe help with the nasty weather coming from that way... our water is inside, but we still made water heaters to put the waterer on, the water was still freezing.... link below in my siggy...

going to go put my eggs in lockdown,....

I have more than one hatch

 

[Chickenhill]

Welcome Bobchell! Welcome to to the chicken world!

Officially in lock down yeah! Let the hatching year begin.
Looks like we will be moving to Emmett this spring. New chicky digs. 60x40 barn to fill up, woot woot

Anyone going to show this year?

 

[Daloorashens]

You will have a BARN???

I'm having a jealous attack, hehe...

Not planning on showing, but am curious where you show your birds??

And, I counted wrong... my eggs go into lockdown tonite, haha, but , I'm still NERVOUS!!

 

[Mo5C]

Hi Marcie. Good luck to everyone who is getting ready to or already has put their eggs in lockdown, hopefully you guys have a good hatch.

 

[Mo5C]

These are 4 of the 19 eggs I got from my ladies (3 of the 6 anyways), although none of their eggs will be going into lock down (no incubator) I thought I would share a picture.
What do you do with a wuss of a rooster?

 

[Daloorashens]

eat him or boot him, lol.... gotta have tough roosters to be flock guardians=)

 

[Chickenhill]

You will have a BARN???

I'm having a jealous attack, hehe...

Not planning on showing, but am curious where you show your birds??

And, I counted wrong... my eggs go into lockdown tonite, haha, but , I'm still NERVOUS!!

Right now we have 3 small barns (18x24 and 2-16x12's)and scattered shelters...BUT this new barn will take chickie life to a whole new level

LOL we both counted wrong oops... Glad we both caught it!

This year we hope to get to UT to show and there are 2 ABA/APA shows here. That's probably about it for 13... You should show your eggs! They are so neato. There is a State fair in , is it Idaho Falls? Is it a santioned show?