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Cntry1958 said:
Welcome to BYC. With your rooster make sure you are always boss. Make him move out of your way when you walk by. They become a bit territorial when they get older specially if the hens are around. If your shed is a wooden shed you can turn it into a small coop. Just cut some windows in it and put in hardware cloth. Put some ventilation at the top of the coop covered by more hardware cloth. Few perches and nesting boxes and door to let them into the run. Your 5x6 shed is 30 square feet and would hold 6 chickens fine. Give each chicken about 5 feet of room in the coop. 10 feet in the run per bird. To start out with you need crumble with is a starter feed for chicks. As well as some kind of watering system. Bucket with nipples on it would be fine so it could hang. Less mess. There is a section here on the site where you can ask other members in your area https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/canadians-check-in-here.144/ what is the best way to predator proof your coop since your way up north. We sure don't want bears or anything to get in there. Best of luck.
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Cntry1958 said:
Welcome to BYC. With your rooster make sure you are always boss. Make him move out of your way when you walk by. They become a bit territorial when they get older specially if the hens are around. If your shed is a wooden shed you can turn it into a small coop. Just cut some windows in it and put in hardware cloth. Put some ventilation at the top of the coop covered by more hardware cloth. Few perches and nesting boxes and door to let them into the run. Your 5x6 shed is 30 square feet and would hold 6 chickens fine. Give each chicken about 5 feet of room in the coop. 10 feet in the run per bird. To start out with you need crumble with is a starter feed for chicks. As well as some kind of watering system. Bucket with nipples on it would be fine so it could hang. Less mess. There is a section here on the site where you can ask other members in your area https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/canadians-check-in-here.144/ what is the best way to predator proof your coop since your way up north. We sure don't want bears or anything to get in there. Best of luck.
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I'm going to have to check out that link asap, thanks! Not sure if you mean to put a vent in the top of my coop?? And I guess I will have to build them so there's flaps to cover them once winter rolls around so a tonne of snow doesn't get in. Thanks again for the link. :)
 
Even in the winter chickens need ventilation. Usually its a rectangle cut into the side of one or more of the sides of the shed. This is closed up using hardware cloth but lets the air in. Its just below the roof line maybe a few inches down. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threadloom/search?query=Converting a shed into a coop&tab=618 here you will see other people converting sheds also just to get a idea.
 

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