New from central ohio

[Blue Raptor]

Hello, im in the north central ohio area. I have 10 chickens at this time and house them in a purpose built building I made over the summer. Most of my birds are black sex-link birds, one is a americana that lays a greenish egg, 1 bantam hen and bird of unknown breed but is similar to a rhode island red. I get 7-8 eggs a day most of the time, I have gotten all ten a time or two, every so often one of the eggs looks wrinkly, like you wadded up a sheet of paper. My coop last year was a small tsc coop, only had 6 birds then. I had a 12x12 kennel attached to it for a run. The birds ended up roosting in the run and I tarped it all up for winter. The new chicken house is a 7 x 14 building with a small partioned off supply room that also gives access to the nesting boxes. It has a large sliding door on the side for cleanout time (and if I someday dont have chickens, the mower will fit!) A steel lean-to stlye roof and a attached 8 x 22 enclosed run. Heres a link to the pictures of the construction
https://www.flickr.com/gp/154582078@N03/50n2n0KkDR

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!! I love your coop and run.

You could consider turning that into an article on how you built it for our coop article section here. There's a coop contest going on too through the end of the year to enter it in if you do that.