New plan--Buying a coop

[Seaecho]

Thank you nminusyplusm! It was SO NICE of you to take the time to type all that out! I'm going to give it a go, and see where I get! If I absolutely can't get anywhere, I'll go ahead and get just two bantams and hope it'll be large enough.

 

[nminusyplusm]

Thank you nminusyplusm! It was SO NICE of you to take the time to type all that out! I'm going to give it a go, and see where I get! If I absolutely can't get anywhere, I'll go ahead and get just two bantams and hope it'll be large enough.

Glad to help! And before you resort to cutting your bantam order in half, let me know how it went, I might be able to help further so you can get the 4 you originally planned (I think they'd be happier in a slightly larger flock rather than a pair). Good luck!

 

[Seaecho]

Yes, that bothers me (the fact that they'd like to be more of a flock). I'm going to try my best...

 

[Ruralhideaway]

I think 2 birds is a tough number, too often you read about the problems people have when one of a pair dies and leaves a loner behind.

 

[Seaecho]

I thought about that. Depending on how small the coop looks when we get it, I can decide then. I'd like to get three, but if it's too tight, I wouldn't do that to them.

 

[BY Bob]

We tried having just a pair at first. Being new to backyard chicken keeping as well. We had TSC 6 chicken coop and run that was too small for 2 chickens. I wound up making it all coop and adding a run. This summer I gave up and built a coop from scratch. With all new lumber, aside from the window, I spent a $100 on the coop, another $100 on the run. And $80 On the Anderson window (cheapest home depot had) I wish I lived closer to you, we could do a "coop raising" and get you starterd right.

I advise against just 2 hens. We could not get through a year without losing one, once to a hawk, and once to egg binding. It is real work to integrate a new one to a flock. We now have three hens. The last time I told my wife we needed a spare. Here is Lilly, the "spare" chicken.

 

[nminusyplusm]

I thought about that. Depending on how small the coop looks when we get it, I can decide then. I'd like to get three, but if it's too tight, I wouldn't do that to them.

I hope you leave that coop unpacked and in the box

 

[aart]

With all new lumber, aside from the window, I spent a $100 on the coop, another $100 on the run.

Pics of coop and run?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I won plans from Build-A-Coop. I chose the Poultry Palace for its size. I can’t wait to start building it in March.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Pics of coop and run?

X2 Always on the lookout for good ideas.