Sorry RaZ I have to
Just a few thoughts for you to keep in mind. How far to haul water and food in the winter. And close enough to provide electricity in an emergency/or to heat water in winter.I hope it is ok if I post this here. I will post it in the coop section too. I am looking for a little advice on placement. I am new, so I thought I would ask. Since you all are from Michigan, you know our weather and all that is Michigan. This is my back yard (remember, we have twice as much as the normal people out here). Can you tell I have kids? My back yard is fenced in with several gates (including a double gate at the bottom left). We own the "drive" along the left side of the fence too. The yard is separated into the top tier and the bottom tier. The dark patch in the lower area is my gardening area. The lower tier begins right on the other side of the cement slab. There is a retaining wall there. I am told that my garden area was once an in ground pool. To the right there is also a bit of a wall. In the middle there is a small dirt slope down to the bottom area. I want the chickens in the bottom area. I would prefer them to be where I can see them. There is plenty of room on the other side of the blue shed in the lower area, but I can't see them there.
This is the left side in the picture above. You can see the darker area of where the garden is. There is a good space (at least 8 feet) from the wall to the garden. I was thinking about adding that wall into the chicken coop some how. OR if I place the coop in the corner, I can use some of the top cement slab for the coop and have it run to the below area.
This is from the right side of the top picture. There is no way my SO will allow me to take over that second blue shed. He says when we resell the place it will make it hard to sell it if that is a chicken coop. *shrugs*. The only way we will move is if he gets a out of area promotion. And in that case, the government will buy our house at market value.
You see the wood fence on the other side of our chainlink fence? That is where my neighbor has her ducks. It is a dog pen attached to the white shed you can see the top of. If I put the coop over here, I would want to put it into the area with the little cement wall. That was dug a little bit down (hard to tell in the picture) and I kinda like it. I do not know if you can tell or not, it does slope there as well. So the whole thing would slope down. The perk of this spot is that the shelter would get some shade from the trees in the summer. The run would get full sun.
Both spaces would need some clean up and I would have to level the coop area in both spots a bit.
I am still uncertain about the coop style. I like the A frame type, but I think in a spot like this it would be a pain because it is not perfectly flat. If I did one like that, it would need to be on the other side. Then again, I also like the box/shed style.
Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?
My drive by gooser.
Pretty girl!! Dainty face and sweet. She acts like she was hand raised. Toke a bit to catch her last night but did not struggle once i was holding her.
These pictures dont represent her color very well. She has that brown grey of a Toulouse but could be a Pilgrim? My book on breeds is packed away so i am guessing. Seems to be in good health.
Has a tiny bottom compared to my two American geese so I named her "Pippa".
. I should know this weekend if there is an owner around.
I would love to find out a price for this! My Aunt would love one of her dog!Sorry RaZ I have toyou
Chickenstock is SATURDAY JUNE 22nd
My MIL would like to set up a booth to sell some of her cross stitching... She does a wonderful job!!
She stitches these from photos... Not sure how much she charges
But is there anyone that would like to order something like this and she will have it ready for Chickenstock?
