- Apr 25, 2014
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Howdy folks!
My wife and I just bought a little more property, just a half acre, but it is enough that we planned to have chickens eventually. We've been consumed by remodeling our bathroom, two bedrooms, putting in new windows, changing out minor and major appliances, taking out some rather large trees and a lot of overgrown vegetation.... The house we bought was built by the husband of the woman we bought the house from in 1952, she has been living with her daughter for the last few years so there is quite a lot to do to get the yard back into shape!
an opportunity came up when a coworker sent me a picture of chickens as a joke, not knowing our situation or plan to get chicken... I asked about them and he said that his new puppy and the chickens didn't get along very well and they needed a new home! so free 2year old chickens! I'm pretty handy and can build anything but we're still developing our back yard plan so I need to build a coop that is secure enough to protect them from coyotes, we've seen them frequently in our area, but not so elaborate that it is overkill. I see the components that we need will be laying boxes, roost and an enclosed protected run. Ideally I would be able to build these items as components so that if we move the house or expand it can all be reused.
What I know is that we have 3 Rhode Island Reds, one Leghorn and one *** buff, maybe Lincolnshire?
That's what I know, I look forward to learning as I go!
-Steve
My wife and I just bought a little more property, just a half acre, but it is enough that we planned to have chickens eventually. We've been consumed by remodeling our bathroom, two bedrooms, putting in new windows, changing out minor and major appliances, taking out some rather large trees and a lot of overgrown vegetation.... The house we bought was built by the husband of the woman we bought the house from in 1952, she has been living with her daughter for the last few years so there is quite a lot to do to get the yard back into shape!
an opportunity came up when a coworker sent me a picture of chickens as a joke, not knowing our situation or plan to get chicken... I asked about them and he said that his new puppy and the chickens didn't get along very well and they needed a new home! so free 2year old chickens! I'm pretty handy and can build anything but we're still developing our back yard plan so I need to build a coop that is secure enough to protect them from coyotes, we've seen them frequently in our area, but not so elaborate that it is overkill. I see the components that we need will be laying boxes, roost and an enclosed protected run. Ideally I would be able to build these items as components so that if we move the house or expand it can all be reused.
What I know is that we have 3 Rhode Island Reds, one Leghorn and one *** buff, maybe Lincolnshire?
That's what I know, I look forward to learning as I go!
-Steve
. It would be great if you could post pictures of your chickens, we love seeing everyone's birds. Also when you start building you enclosure it really helps if you use hardware cloth. It's better than the chicken fence that they try to sell. 
and Welcome To BYC! Congratulations on your new home and chickens, sounds like you will have a busy summer! Be sure to check out the BYC Coops section for ideas, you might want to look at Chicken Tractors, they are meant to be movable, a lot are on wheels etc 
