New at Raising chickens

[dkfarmer]

Hello My name is Kyra! I am new to this website and new to raising chickens. We kinda put the cart before the horse so to speak and bought the chickens before having a coop ready for them. Where we live it rains a bit and so the babies are in a holding pin in our garage with a heat lamp and plenty of food and water. I am looking for suggestions on chicken tractor plans. We have 6 chicks. 1 a black lengshan is almost 4-5 weeks and a gray lengshan is about 3-4 weeks and 2 New Hampshire Reds are the same age as the gray. Last but not least we have 2 americanas that are 2 weeks tomorrow. I am posttitve on their age because we were there when they were delivered. The other 4 the gal wasnt sure on their age she kept saying about... All are getting along great!

I am not to sure on the spacing for each full grown hen. Can someone help out with this. Also I have been reading and it says for 6 hens 2 laying boxes.

We plan and having them partial free range and to other in the mobile coop. I am hoping to get the materials for the coop this weekend so any advice or plans would be greatly appreciated!


Thanks, Kyra

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC!!

Glad to have you aboard!!

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, dkfarmer, and

! Happy you joined our community! It is recommended that hens have 4 sq. ft. for each bird in the coop and 10 sq. ft. per bird in the run. You might check out the Coops section for tractor ideas. Best wishes!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/2/Coop_Designs

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[dkfarmer]

Thanks for the info! We are building a chicken tractor and it is almost finished! We are going to let them have partial free range time and the other is in the pen. The pen will be moved every 3-4 days so they have new ground if in the pin! Thanks for your info! It was very helpful!

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

I agree with Redsox regarding space. 2 nest boxes should be plenty.

 

[dkfarmer]

I have kind of a strange question... how long from start to finish should the egg be layed? My 3 older ladies started laying on Sunday. Then yesterday there were 2 eggs. Now 1 of my older is out there making a bunch of squaking noise. I think an egg is coming but not sure.

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC! You should post your question in this forum for best results: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/18/chicken-behaviors-and-egglaying

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! Happy you joined!