Looking for at least two laying hens

[PhyllisASherer]

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

This isn't the coop, just the nesting area. I am updating the top of my post with more info.

 

[PhyllisASherer]

OK, I can't EDIT my original post for some reason, so here's more info:
Progress was STOPPED because the hens I was getting were apparently no longer being given away.
Roosts will be added.
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.
What is shown is JUST the nest, not a coop.

 

[Silkie Princess]

OK, I can't EDIT my original post for some reason, so here's more info:
Progress was STOPPED because the hens I was getting were apparently no longer being given away.
Roosts will be added.
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.

You can make a new post with the pics of the coop. Also you can only edit posts for 24 hours (?) without a PFM (premium feather membership)

 

[PhyllisASherer]

Oh sorry! I think we all misunderstood

I'm tempted to delete my entire first post and just ask for two hens, plain and simple LOL

 

[PhyllisASherer]

You can make a new post with the pics of the coop. Also you can only edit posts for 24 hours (?) without a PFM (premium feather membership)

I don't need to add posts of the coop, but thanks.

 

[PhyllisASherer]

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

I HAVE A COOP on the other side of the yard.

 

[PhyllisASherer]

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

If they do climb it, they're in for a horrible death in the barbed wire on the outside.

 

[PhyllisASherer]

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:
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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.

I KNOW THIS ISN"T A COOP, It is a NESTING BOX. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A BIGGER COOP to replace the small one on the other side of the yard. Everything was halted when the chickens were no longer available.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I KNOW THIS ISN"T A COOP, It is a NESTING BOX. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A BIGGER COOP to replace the small one on the other side of the yard. Everything was halted when the chickens were no longer available.

Okay, sorry for the confusion

 

[PhyllisASherer]

There are so many conflicting replies on here, from "good job doing what you could", to "that's horrible". My words are apparently not being read all the way through. I thought I wrote it so it would be understood, but apparently not, now it is out of hand and I feel attacked. I didn't know I was required to explain the entire backyard, fencing, etc... I just wanted to show the nesting box we threw together quickly, because it wasn't going to be permanent, and I was kinda proud of it.
Many years back, we had chickens in the same yard, no coop, no nesting boxes because we found them roaming the land when we moved here and brought them inside the fence because we worried about predators. We never asked HOW to raise them, no one ever interjected... we just enjoyed them, and they enjoyed us They were fine and they lived for approx 6 years.
So... Is there a way to just remove my original post/this thread and move on?