( Made in Mexico ) New to the chickens

[Garrisonkidsduo2]

Welcome to BYC I joined about 2 months ago when I started to incubate my eggs and they started hatching out. Trust me this site has been a life saver on many different subjects.

 

[ALRwild]

Can't wait for pictures!

 

[jeeping31]

Okay here are some of my first coop I made.

Okay still don't know what birds I'm getting and I got to make some ventilation and make a roost. I hope to get the feeder from the lady that's giving me the birds. There still so thing to work out if you think or know some please post. Can't wait for my new year chickens!

 

[kcwazzu]

Welcome. Nice use of repurposed materials.
Keith

 

[jeeping31]

Okay my BYC friends move in day is tomorrow for my 6 leghorn hens I hope to post photos. I still need to put some touches on the coop and to make some stuff. Still looking at BYC photos getting ideas on the final touches.

 

[jeeping31]

Got some more hand me down supplies for the chicken coop and run.

Got the nest fill up with free hay

Build me a roost today also for my hens

Build me a run door

Put up my free metal wire mesh up so they can't get out or anything come in vents

This is my water bowl my wife uncle gave me hanging off with one of my dog leashes and my feeder

Here are my 6 pretty hens still a little jumpy

 

[jeeping31]

Okay I came up with a great idea, I had some old pool outside liner just laying around so I cut it to use for under the roost should easy to clean.

Okay go out there to see if there using the roost and all 6 are in one nest box ...whats the deal???

 

[Gargoyle]

Very nice. That larger wire near the top won't keep predators out- raccoons, possums, et. al. will just climb right through.
The poultry netting also won't keep raccoons out.

 

[bckyrdchknluvr]

. Your girls are soooo cute, and yes it is normal for ALL of them to crowd into one nesting box(even all at once). My Ameraucana's are always trying to push by banties out of the "best" spot. Even when they are not ready to lay

.(my chickens are too lazy to use my nesting boxes, my large Rouen however is more than happy to FLY up and lay in one.

PS, LOVE your recycled coop.

 

[jeeping31]

Very nice. That larger wire near the top won't keep predators out- raccoons, possums, et. al. will just climb right through.
The poultry netting also won't keep raccoons out.

Gargoyle thank you for the heads up and that's crazy the make chicken wire that raccoon can get though!!! I don't want to come out and see feathers all over the place I think that small square wire at my bottom of my run will do the best all the way around the run and by the way great BYC page! ​