I'm new to having chickens in my yard

[Jody'schicgonewild!]

I don't have to much money to buy a chicken coop . I've collected some pallets from a friend in a effort to make a chicken house but I really have no idea how to build one. I have 5 rooster and 4 hens that were hatched in my fenced in yard and now the mother is gone and they are about 3 or 4 months old . I don't even know if it's a good idea to keep so many roosters. Or what to do with them but they are beautiful.

 

[Shannonw1228]

I don't have to much money to buy a chicken coop . I've collected some pallets from a friend in a effort to make a chicken house but I really have no idea how to build one. I have 5 rooster and 4 hens that were hatched in my fenced in yard and now the mother is gone and they are about 3 or 4 months old . I don't even know if it's a good idea to keep so many roosters. Or what to do with them but they are beautiful.

I personally wouldn't keep that many roosters. With four hens I'd have one. Maybe someone else with more experience would say other wise though.

 

[Jody'schicgonewild!]

I personally wouldn't keep that many roosters. With four hens I'd have one. Maybe someone else with more experience would say other wise though.

What do I do with them then ? Maybe someone wants them ? Do u know how I would find out what I could do with them?

 

[Dawnclucks22]

 

[rosemarythyme]

If you really want to keep all the cockerels you could build 2 coops/runs, and keep the excess boys in their own flock. Otherwise something like Craigslist, a for sale sign at a local feed shop, maybe a swap meet? are all options, but it's likely excess boys end up as someone's dinner.

There's a lot of coop builds here https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/chicken-coops.12/ many using pallets, so maybe you'll get inspired by someone's design? I'm no builder either, I paid someone to build me a shed.