Introduction of myself- waco76

[waco76]

I live in Florida in the middle of the woods, I am retired and decided to try my hand at rasing chickens for eggs. I am building a chicken coop and fencing it in so the chickens will be safe and secure. We bought 8 chickens, 4 different types and I think they have grown some already. I join up in hopes of learning how to care for the critters. I might have gone a little over board building the coop and what I have planed for the compond around the coop, several friends have accused me of buildiing a scale down version of gitmo. In the short time I have lived in the woods I have discovered that racoons are excellent burglers and very smart.

 

[SmartyChick]

from the north! I'd rather go too protective on the coop/run than to little.

And welcome to the addiction.

 

[SAORSA]

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from Central California

My opinion is your coop can never be too secure or too big.
Racoons aren't the only thing you have to worry about in them there woods.

I spent some time there and there are some scarry things out there.

 

[redhen]

 

[NurseNettie]

Welcome, and great job on protecting those chickens!!! "Overdoing it"in the beginning will save trouble and heartache in the end ( assuming you actually CAN overdo it, which I don't think you can!)

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[sgtmom52]

from PA.

I like your coop ~ esp the red! I would love to see pictures of the run too.

 

[schellie69]

from Kansas I don't think you can over do it on the safety of the coop better do it right the 1st time then have to go back and redo it once a predator gets in it.

 

[wolftracks]

from California.

Good luck with your new hobby. Don't blink much, cause those chicks are going to grow leaps and bounds and surprise you. You're going to love this site too. Lots and lots of good people and so many willing to share their knowledge.

Oh and you can never build a coop to secure OR too big.

 

[chics in the sun]

from St.Petersburg, and, yeah, the woods in central Florida (Ocala Nat Forrest) is the only place I've ever seen a bear!! You need all the protection you can get - also, there are lots of ideas on here for warm-weather coops, too. They are a little different from Northern coops.

 

[Heidi Riley]

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