Preparing Flock for Winter

[aart]

This is mine exactly. They make for a great coop. I set ours up in the woods behind the house. Instead of chicken wire, I'm trying that 'deer proof' netting. If they get out its no big deal. And the netting is a LOT cheaper.

Anyway, mine is just like above, but butted against an old donkey barn. They can roost in there at night. And I used the black mat that you jumped on, when it was still a trampoline, for shade. As I said, this is an experiment. We'll see?

You are leaving them susceptible to predators unless you cover those hoops with something way more substantial than deer netting.
It maybe seem cheaper at first glance, but if its get ripped to shreds by a coon and they kill your chickens too, the cost goes way up.

 

[animalspooker]

thats why I have Rhodesian Ridgebacks!