We Aren't New To chicken Keeping But We Are New To Small Coop ideas. Our last coop very large and i wasnt very involved. This thread has been very helpful. We are using the nippless for water this time and I love them! I'm trying to incorporate the chickens into my preschool for fun. The kids are loving it.
That's my problem too - we have dog kennel panels (photos below) for the run and can't keep out the wild bird moochers. The little brats fly in through the chicken pop-door to steal straw and feathers from the nests! They are such a pain and breed like roaches in any little nook or cranny they can build a nest in! Because I have a very little cottage yard and small area for storage we can't buy the 20-lb bags of scratch&peck organic layer for just 4 hens. Our fridge is too small to store the unused portion so we buy smaller 5-lb bags once a month for the 4 hens (2 are bantams) at $8 each bag not counting the $5 bag of organic 3-grain scratch&peck scratch mix. In addition, for the chickens, we get wild bird seed at $7 for 20-lb bag plus the countless fresh fruit/veggie treats we buy at the store when our garden is not producing in the winter. We do the best we can always!
Lucky kids! They will fondly look back on these fun days in their old age!
That is so cute! But never say "finally finished" -- we've been modifying and changing and adding for 5 years now
If my dog kennel panels were that small I would gladly cover them with 1/2 in hardware cloth to keep the moochers away. My panels are 6 ft tall and 6 to 12 ft long.That's my problem too - we have dog kennel panels (photos below) for the run and can't keep out the wild bird moochers. The little brats fly in through the chicken pop-door to steal straw and feathers from the nests! They are such a pain and breed like roaches in any little nook or cranny they can build a nest in! Because I have a very little cottage yard and small area for storage we can't buy the 20-lb bags of scratch&peck organic layer for just 4 hens. Our fridge is too small to store the unused portion so we buy smaller 5-lb bags once a month for the 4 hens (2 are bantams) at $8 each bag not counting the $5 bag of organic 3-grain scratch&peck scratch mix. In addition, for the chickens, we get wild bird seed at $7 for 20-lb bag plus the countless fresh fruit/veggie treats we buy at the store when our garden is not producing in the winter. We do the best we can always!
wowwwww that is awesome I really want that lol my coop is really really small compared to that lolSaw this on Facebook today and I just had to share. An Ultimate Chicken coop.
I could live in that lolwowwwww that is awesome I really want that lol my coop is really really small compared to that lol
If my dog kennel panels were that small I would gladly cover them with 1/2 in hardware cloth to keep the moochers away. My panels are 6 ft tall and 6 to 12 ft long.
