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I love your intro. Fabulous shed! Check out Orpingtons. I have 3 chocolates.
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Thank you all for your thoughtful responses. This is certainly the right place for a beginner like me.

To provide a bit of the update, i've spent a decent chunk of change over the weekend to get this project moving forward. Probably around $500 in total. I want to get this thing completely ready to go before I go down the rabbit hole of buying the brooder, chicks and such. I cleared out the shed of the few items that were inside. Purchased a large enclosed chicken run that will be delivered in a few days. I plan to cut a small chicken door in the shed that would go directly into the fenced run. From there I can open the gate to let them completely free range.

Additionally, the shed does have roof ventilation already, and one window you can barely see in my pic. I think ill have to put mesh/chicken wire over the ventilation because the vents look a bit large, certainly a hawk could fit if they tried imo. Ill have to take a few pics of the inside when I get home today. There are a few minor areas of damage after close inspection that would need repair but nothing that would take much effort.

My wife keeps questioning me about winter. She seems to think that some kind of heater would be needed for the coop? To me, that seems a bit overkill. I guess they do make solar powered heaters but idk about it. Does anyone suggest using these? Or will the chickens be fine with extra bedding + well vented coop?

On my chicken visitor, i've sort of come to the conclusion that this chicken was lost/abandoned/chased away by something. It seems to live in the dense overgrowth just beyond my yard. I have many blackberry bushes that he seems to really enjoy. I've been putting out wild bird seed to give him something to eat as well. Looked skinny to me. I really wasnt planning on getting a rooster, but ive come to really appreciate this fellow. Would it be foolish to try and adopt him into a new flock? or is it possible he could take on the role of guardian/caretaker? Obviously its a pretty feisty spirited bird if its been able to make it by on its own for quite some time.
 
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delflipz17 said:
Thank you all for your thoughtful responses. This is certainly the right place for a beginner like me.

To provide a bit of the update, i've spent a decent chunk of change over the weekend to get this project moving forward. Probably around $500 in total. I want to get this thing completely ready to go before I go down the rabbit hole of buying the brooder, chicks and such. I cleared out the shed of the few items that were inside. Purchased a large enclosed chicken run that will be delivered in a few days. I plan to cut a small chicken door in the shed that would go directly into the fenced run. From there I can open the gate to let them completely free range.

Additionally, the shed does have roof ventilation already, and one window you can barely see in my pic. I think ill have to put mesh/chicken wire over the ventilation because the vents look a bit large, certainly a hawk could fit if they tried imo. Ill have to take a few pics of the inside when I get home today. There are a few minor areas of damage after close inspection that would need repair but nothing that would take much effort.

My wife keeps questioning me about winter. She seems to think that some kind of heater would be needed for the coop? To me, that seems a bit overkill. I guess they do make solar powered heaters but idk about it. Does anyone suggest using these? Or will the chickens be fine with extra bedding + well vented coop?

On my chicken visitor, i've sort of come to the conclusion that this chicken was lost/abandoned/chased away by something. It seems to live in the dense overgrowth just beyond my yard. I have many blackberry bushes that he seems to really enjoy. I've been putting out wild bird seed to give him something to eat as well. Looked skinny to me. I really wasnt planning on getting a rooster, but ive come to really appreciate this fellow. Would it be foolish to try and adopt him into a new flock? or is it possible he could take on the role of guardian/caretaker? Obviously its a pretty feisty spirited bird if its been able to make it by on its own for quite some time.
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I live in a warmer climate so I cannot answer your winter question, but as far as bringing in a flock for a stray rooster, plenty of members have bought pullets for just that reason, and had success. Please keep us updated.
 

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