Wow - repurposed ready-made hen house! I noticed water at the bottom of the wall or is that stain of some sort? The shed looks like it needs to be on a higher foundation away from the soil to keep from moisture/mold. Chickens easily suffer from respiratory ailments from mold, moisture, ammonia atmosphere (from poops) etc.The old shed. It's not very pretty, but it came with the house. It's about 10x12.
It was from all the vegetation growing around it for over 10 years. Once we cleared everything out, it dried out and all that's left is that stain. Our soil is too sandy to hold moisture. I have 6 Barred Rock pullets, 1 Easter Egger rooster, 2 Easter Egger pullets, and 3 Australorp pullets. There are lots of vents cut in around the roof line to vent out ammonia.Wow - repurposed ready-made hen house! I noticed water at the bottom of the wall or is that stain of some sort? The shed looks like it needs to be on a higher foundation away from the soil to keep from moisture/mold. Chickens easily suffer from respiratory ailments from mold, moisture, ammonia atmosphere (from poops) etc.
What are your breed assortments? One pretty girl looks like a Campine? BRs?
Here's a couple pictures
The white x area you see there on the end is a hardware fabric screened window that i had been shutting at night thinking it would help them feel safe. Left it open all night last night and it seemed to make a difference.
There is a bit of a ridge vent alog the top.
And it has been very rainy and muggy out the past few days, so im sure thay nasty humidity aint helping.
them... A shotgun with bird shot just seems like over kill 
as long as its not a blowing hard and cold wind going on, I would leave that vent open.Here's a couple pictures
The white x area you see there on the end is a hardware fabric screened window that i had been shutting at night thinking it would help them feel safe. Left it open all night last night and it seemed to make a difference.
There is a bit of a ridge vent alog the top.
And it has been very rainy and muggy out the past few days, so im sure thay nasty humidity aint helping.
Still looking for the best coop for our birds. I know I'll be giving 6 of the babies to my mom-n-law because she's fallen in love without fresh eggs. That will leave me with 4 added into the flock of 8....
Just got my first incubator. Will post picture later. Plan on starting a meat bird pin next. I'm thinking a simple 10'x10'x2' pin because they will not roam much. Starting with around 10-12 eggs I think until we are comfy with the whole processing part. Shouldn't be to hard. We hunt wild game a lot so I'll just read up on the best way to
If any of you have info I would love it.
Cool - the one that looked like a Campine must be one of your EEs. I hope you like your EEs - they are kooky alert and sweet pullets - not sure about roo personalities as I've never had one of them. I'm glad to see you got multiples in the breeds you selected. In my own experience EEs and Ameraucanas really need to have same-breed companions since they are so different in personality from dual-purpose like BRs, 'Lorps, RIRs, etc. Many ppl only get one EE to throw into a mixed flock and EEs/Amers really need another couple of their own kind since they are mostly non-political non-combative types - they'd rather flee than fight (unless in self-defense and sometimes not even then). Sometimes they get picked on because they tend to be non-combative. Our older Amer submits to two Silkie bantams even though she's 21/2 times bigger than them! Our newest Amer is just as submissive - she doesn't like confrontations either.
