Newer than a hatchling to chickens

[Chicken Hank]

Hi All, Chicken Hank here from Long Island NY. New to raising chickens for eggs. In process of building a coop to house 6 chickens. Could use all the help and recommendations anyone is willing to share.

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC! Lots of people here willing to share!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal Flock!
Grab a roost & enjoy the chicken chat!

 

[Isaac 0]

Hello there, Welcome to BYC!

 

[Rosdez31]

Welcome, chickens are lovely little aliens and they bring so much joy besides the fresh eggs

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC - go to the appropriate forums and question away.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[pozees2]

Welcome! There are so many people here who will give you much better help than I can WRT coop building, but I can tell you that a general rule of thumb when deciding dimensions is 4 square feet of coop space and 10 square feet of run space per bird, and that it is always smart to build bigger than you need, because so few of us can actually say we kept to the number of birds we started with, or thought we would start with. Plan for a coop and run that protects on all sides plus overhead and digging, and think about having to walk in there every day - which for us meant all our runs are 6 feet tall, because we are old people who are not good at bending over

 

[Pork Pie]

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