What color is that pretty boy! He looks chocolate!
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Looks to me like you have the start of a great color project!Thanks! That is what I am thinking. He came out of a mixed pens. I have even younger ones that seem like they will be the same color as him. I am liking him though. I can't wait to see how he looks all grown up!
Looks to me like you have the start of a great color project!
My under deck run is 10 feet long by 3.5ft. My dog kennel run is 12 feet long by 10 feet wide and 6 foot high. A friend of mine has a really neat set up for her breeding trios, etc and she has their runs inside her large run. But her large run is HUGE-- like probably your entire backyard. But you could still do what she is doing-- she is using these dog houses she bought at the farm store and then set up little runs off of each one. It is fairly portable, because the little runs are not permanently attached-- they sort of look like your "box" you made with a top. She made them out of pallets and they are all the same size and the whole thing is really cute looking. I wish I had a picture, I was just at her house the other day and was kicking myself for not taking a pic. Anyway, that might work? I am building little hutches and putting runs off of them. Here is a couple of pictures-- neither of them are finished in these pictures, I need to get out and take new ones, because they are done now. But this will just give you a general idea and maybe might spark an idea of your own!Well, that would make two of us, lol!!
It really isn't working, that is the thing. I feel like I need at least one more coop, if not more. I have two roos that have to be separate and I need somewhere for my grow outs. I am acutally considering a shed that I could divide up in to several runs, although that won't solve the outside issue. And I love your under the deck coop. We are renting, or I would SO do that!
What do you have in the run of your coop? I have sand and I just hate it! It sticks to everything!
Also, how big are your runs for how many birds?
Well, that would make two of us, lol!!
It really isn't working, that is the thing. I feel like I need at least one more coop, if not more. I have two roos that have to be separate and I need somewhere for my grow outs. I am acutally considering a shed that I could divide up in to several runs, although that won't solve the outside issue. And I love your under the deck coop. We are renting, or I would SO do that!
What do you have in the run of your coop? I have sand and I just hate it! It sticks to everything!
Also, how big are your runs for how many birds?
Also a coarser sand doesn't stick to every thing.Try using mulch (not the dyed red or black stuff though) or fresh woodchips from a tree service or something for run floors. Coops/houses I use a tad of sand to deter mites and then shavings and pine needles for the bedding.
God help me! I bought more silkies today. Two little sweeties. One is beige with smudges of orange on it's shoulders. The other is gun metal grey, brown shoulders and silver belly. My daughter also got a little Polish crested. I'll post pics in the morning when I've got good lighting.