Ok, so woodchips with the frequent addition of mowed grass and yard clippings (and some kitchen scraps)?
Sounds like a recipe for happy hens.
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Ok, so woodchips with the frequent addition of mowed grass and yard clippings (and some kitchen scraps)?
Or start on the coop and get chicks now since they will be in the brooder for several weeks. When the new coop is done, the chicks can go in there, and at the end of the summer, the rented chickens and their coop go back. That will right around the time the new ones start laying.I would run out the lease, let the rental company pick up the "coop" and hens in the fall. Meanwhile start your own build, go big! Make it a walk in, or buy a shed you can modify then get a proper flock of 6ish chicks in the spring, get the chickens you want....
Terrible idea imo, build first then brood them in the coop. My chicks are fully feathered and off heat usually in 3.5 to 4 weeks brooding in coop with overnight temps in the mid 30'sOr start on the coop and get chicks now since they will be in the brooder for several weeks.
I brood in the barn where I have power without running a heat lamp off an extension cord. 3-4 weeks is plenty of time to build a coop. By the time the chicks are ready, the coop will be too, unless someone is the world's slowest builder.Terrible idea imo, build first then brood them in the coop. My chicks are fully feathered and off heat usually in 3.5 to 4 weeks brooding in coop with overnight temps in the mid 30's
People should not put the chick before the coop
I brood in the barn where I have power without running a heat lamp off an extension cord. 3-4 weeks is plenty of time to build a coop. By the time the chicks are ready, the coop will be too, unless someone is the world's slowest builder.
People should not put the chick before the coop
Famous last words!3-4 weeks is plenty of time to build a coop
Alfia ... how is the rental coming along? Did you figure out some more space for the girls? I'm not allowed roosters by township ordinance and Saturday morning my 14-week silkie decided to crow at 5:40.Thanks, great advice! Since we have a 3 year old, I think we would probably opt for hens with a longer lifespan.