Hi all and thanks for all of the helpful posts!
I'm a first time chicken owner and I've been wanting to get chickens for a few years now. I've been collecting egg cartons in my hallway closet for quite some time in preparation for all of the eggs I hoped to get.
I finally pulled the trigger on St. Patrick's Day just as the lockdown s starting. My family and I went to tractor supply and managed to get 6 Isa Browns for $1 each (they were "last week's chicks"). We were originally only going to get 4 but for a buck each, why not?
I then put in a series of orders into Lowes for delivery & curbside pickup to get all of my coop supplies because I didn't want to go into the store. I researched my designs from countless articles on this site. I ended up with a 4x6 coop, 12x6 run and 3x6 "extension". We also buried chicken wire and used hardware cloth to keep out predators as we're in a fairly rural area.
It took me about 5 weeks to build up the coop from scratch. I finally put the finishing touches on yesterday by giving my coop an official name:
My chicks are getting much bigger now (about 7 weeks old) and we can't wait until we get eggs later this summer.
I plan on trying to add a rain barrel with a watering system later on and we might even add on next year as my wife wants to get a few Polish chicks.
Thanks again to everyone for their helpful posts!
I'm a first time chicken owner and I've been wanting to get chickens for a few years now. I've been collecting egg cartons in my hallway closet for quite some time in preparation for all of the eggs I hoped to get.
I finally pulled the trigger on St. Patrick's Day just as the lockdown s starting. My family and I went to tractor supply and managed to get 6 Isa Browns for $1 each (they were "last week's chicks"). We were originally only going to get 4 but for a buck each, why not?
I then put in a series of orders into Lowes for delivery & curbside pickup to get all of my coop supplies because I didn't want to go into the store. I researched my designs from countless articles on this site. I ended up with a 4x6 coop, 12x6 run and 3x6 "extension". We also buried chicken wire and used hardware cloth to keep out predators as we're in a fairly rural area.
It took me about 5 weeks to build up the coop from scratch. I finally put the finishing touches on yesterday by giving my coop an official name:
My chicks are getting much bigger now (about 7 weeks old) and we can't wait until we get eggs later this summer.
I plan on trying to add a rain barrel with a watering system later on and we might even add on next year as my wife wants to get a few Polish chicks.
Thanks again to everyone for their helpful posts!
