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[Kcarp03]

Question: How long do we need to keep them in their Coop at first & can we let them out in their attached run in a few days? We put our 12 Cheeps(almost 5 & 6 weeks) in their Coop for the first time! Not great pics, the sun was making the light all weird. We will prob add another roost, stagger it a little lower, but just needed to get them in there & used to their new home. Finally out of our Garage, yay!! We will add a droppings board & will put the nesting boxes under that on the floor, sitting on 2x4's. Food & water is in a corner sitting up on a wooden type box, just up out of the shavings. Also, will we need to build a ramp for the roost?

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[magicstorm]

Question: How long do we need to keep them in their Coop at first & can we let them out in their attached run in a few days? We put our 12 Cheeps(almost 5 & 6 weeks) in their Coop for the first time! Not great pics, the sun was making the light all weird. We will prob add another roost, stagger it a little lower, but just needed to get them in there & used to their new home. Finally out of our Garage, yay!! We will add a droppings board & will put the nesting boxes under that on the floor, sitting on 2x4's. Food & water is in a corner sitting up on a wooden type box, just up out of the shavings. Also, will we need to build a ramp for the roost?

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[magicstorm]

Wow, what size is it?

It is 8x8x8&1/2 ft. I have 18 chickens, although only the older 7 are in it now. I dont want to integrate the youger ones till the run is done. The run will be 24x8x5ft

 

[gotro17]

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[gotro17]

We built out the back of our girls' playhouse, which we believe was an old converted horse stall...

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[SarajoMc]

Here is our modest coop and run! Good luck with your new coop!

 

[junebuggena]

Question: How long do we need to keep them in their Coop at first & can we let them out in their attached run in a few days? We put our 12 Cheeps(almost 5 & 6 weeks) in their Coop for the first time! Not great pics, the sun was making the light all weird. We will prob add another roost, stagger it a little lower, but just needed to get them in there & used to their new home. Finally out of our Garage, yay!! We will add a droppings board & will put the nesting boxes under that on the floor, sitting on 2x4's. Food & water is in a corner sitting up on a wooden type box, just up out of the shavings. Also, will we need to build a ramp for the roost?

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You can let them out in the run after about 24 hours.
Is there any ventilation in there?

 

[gotro17]

You can let them out in the run after about 24 hours.

Is there any ventilation in there?

Ditto on both points.

 

[Kcarp03]

@junebuggena @gotro17 Yes, there is that window in the door(faces West) it's open & has HW cloth over the opening & then windows we cut with HW cloth over on the North & South walls & right now there are just little vents in East wall that was already in there.

 

[Kcarp03]

@magicstorm Thank you! We still have a few things to do, but the basics are covered & just wanted to get them in there so we can have our Garage back. Pretty sure we need to make a ramp for them, but right now as small as they are, they're roosting around a wooden flower box that has dirt in it(for their dust bath), which they love, haha I also put a couple of wicker type baskets that they like roosting on.

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