Looking for at least two laying hens

[TheOddOneOut]

You definitely need a proper coop, or very soon your hens will be eaten. That is NOT a coop, nor is it anything like one. PLEASE, do not buy hens if you are not going to shelter them in any effective way.
This is what a chicken coop looks like:

It is equipped with everything - wire, a solid frame, a nesting box (where hens only spend about an hour or so per day dropping off an egg. It is NOT A HOUSE. They do not sleep there or live there.) They need a proper home before you try to buy some.

PLEASE. Build them a proper home or just don't buy them. Otherwise, I can guarantee your hens will not live long.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Try looking here for inspiration! You will find tons of ideas: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/categories/chicken-coops.12/

Totally. And chicken coops don’t have to be extravagant!
You can totally do them on a budget.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-hoop-coop-chicken-tractor.72211/

 

[Silkie Princess]

Totally. And chicken coops don’t have to be extravagant!
You can totally do them on a budget.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-hoop-coop-chicken-tractor.72211/

Absolutely!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Totally. And chicken coops don’t have to be extravagant!
You can totally do them on a budget.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-hoop-coop-chicken-tractor.72211/

Agreed! You just have to make sure they have all the things your hens need.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Welcome to BYC!

May I please ask what this hardware cloth is protecting?
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The chicken's private stash of mealworms.

 

[PhyllisASherer]

A raccoon or a possum will come along and shred that tarp in an instant and eat your chickens in this little tent area.

It would be better if you used hardware cloth to wrap the entire porch with and then put the tarp over the hardware cloth...
But you would have to rig together a door on the front of the porch... Which might be a little bit difficult.

You could get four pieces of plywood and build a simple box and cut windows all along the top of the box and then cover that with hardware cloth.
You would still have to figure out how to make a door.

Thank you for your well-intended concern, but it's located in a fenced in backyard. Nothing got back there when we had chickens in the past.

 

[Silkie Princess]

Thank you for your well-intended concern, but it's located in a fenced in backyard. Nothing got back there when we had chickens in the past.

That's all good and nice but racoons can climb and I think possums can too (we don't have either here). And you need a real coop for them. A toy coop is for toy chickens

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Thank you for your well-intended concern, but it's located in a fenced in backyard. Nothing got back there when we had chickens in the past.

That is completely irrelevant. You do not have a coop, which is the most basic chicken need.

 

[Silkie Princess]

That's all good and nice but racoons can climb and I think possums can too (we don't have either here). And you need a real coop for them. A toy coop is for toy chickens

And sorry If I sounded mean. That isn’t my intention

 

[PhyllisASherer]

Not to be rude, but from what I can tell that isn’t even acceptable for 2. There is no predator protection and no place to roost. Please read up on space requirements/proper housing before getting any chickens…

It's not rude, it's concern. Roosts will be added after I get hens. As I've said previously, we stopped because the hens I was getting were apparently no longer being given away. (this is JUST the nest, not the coop)
The whole area is inside a fenced in back yard. Predators have never gotten back there with previous chickens. They have the whole yard to run around in, a small coop on the other side of the yard, chairs, a dusting area, and lots of short trees.