Farmers Daughter
In the Brooder
I’m new to having chickens. I haven’t gotten any yet. Restoring my grandmas house and want to restore her chicken barn and build a covered area outside. It’s run down but still standing. Since the picture I’ve cut down all the trees that were against the building and have it all cleaned out ready for chicken wire inside on the windows. The door will be rebuilt and the structure made more sturdy. Do I need chicken wire on the inside walls? I keep reading about predators. Don’t think I could take seeing a mangled chicken that I love. So I want to make it predator proof. Dirt floor. No place yet for chickens to lay. I have an old shelving system that has cubbies. Do you think they’d like that? Should I put anything down on the floor? Or on the ground outside? Do ticks get on chickens? Would they like a trough of water or just a watering bucket with nipples? What should I put in their laying area? Straw? I need all the help I can get!