New member in CT

[thethein11]

Hi new member but been lurking and learning from you all for a couple of years. Here is our coop and run build from some ideas pulled off here back in 2016. It's 8x4 coop and a 20x8 run it has actually been expanded and now has a 8x8 coop portion.

We had our flock killed off by a hawks/raccoons over the last 4 years. But we are back brooding and hatching more chicks this spring!

 

[featherhead007]

Welcome! Very nice set up. How many chickens are you going to get?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens Hardware cloth is the only way to stop that again
enjoy the peeps

 

[thethein11]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens Hardware cloth is the only way to stop that again
enjoy the peeps

Oh we used hardware cloth it was that we like to free range them a forgot a couple of times to lock them in at night

 

[featherhead007]

Oh we used hardware cloth it was that we like to free range them a forgot a couple of times to lock them in at night

Sad lesson learned.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh we used hardware cloth it was that we like to free range them a forgot a couple of times to lock them in at night

Crap We are not made perfect, good but darn it still huh

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck in protecting your new flock.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Hopefully you'll not suffer predator losses this time around.

 

[thethein11]

Welcome! Very nice set up. How many chickens are you going to get?

Thank you. We are undecided at the moment we have 26 chicks that are 3 weeks old and are catching another 18 right now. We are going to be selling some off to friends, give some to family, and we have to cull the roosters (noise laws). I imagine it will be between 12-18 hens when all said and done.

 

[Isaac 0]

Welcome to BYC! It's so great to have you here!