WestKnollAmy
The Crazy Chicken Lady
Oh so very pretty! Never heard of them.
The bigger the better! Hens always need more room. And I can assure you that matter how big it is, you will wish it was bigger. There are all sorts of things to think about....broody hen, sick birds, troubled roos etc.
Get the linoleum floor! Slated floor is hard to clean. I have not had trouble with snakes in my coops but they have gotten into my brooder room and eaten chicks before I found them and disposed of the varmints. I like snakes to catch mice, not my chicks.
Lots of windows! They can always be covered but come summer you will fling them all wide and put a fan in a window as well. And still wish you could install AC for them.
It is heartbreaking to close them up for the night and see them panting.
Most chickens use the same nest box. If you are going to have only 15 hens then you will only need 3 boxes. And one may even go unused. I have lot of nest boxes but so few are ever used. And again, the bigger the box, the better. So often there will be 2 hens in the next together. Like us ladies have to go to the restroom together.
I don't suggest wire under their pen but a skirt outside on the ground would be a good idea and you could easily lift it to move the pen. I had one that had the 2x4" wire on the bottom and they hated it. And I am nothing if not a good mommy to my chickens. They spoke, I listened and I adjusted it for them. Am I whupped or what?
As far as moving it alone, I could not say. Some are really easy to move even though they are very big and others are smaller and not so easy to move. Many of my tractors do not even have wheels and I still move them by myself.
Anyhow, good choice on coops. I really like the design.
The bigger the better! Hens always need more room. And I can assure you that matter how big it is, you will wish it was bigger. There are all sorts of things to think about....broody hen, sick birds, troubled roos etc.
Get the linoleum floor! Slated floor is hard to clean. I have not had trouble with snakes in my coops but they have gotten into my brooder room and eaten chicks before I found them and disposed of the varmints. I like snakes to catch mice, not my chicks.
Lots of windows! They can always be covered but come summer you will fling them all wide and put a fan in a window as well. And still wish you could install AC for them.
Most chickens use the same nest box. If you are going to have only 15 hens then you will only need 3 boxes. And one may even go unused. I have lot of nest boxes but so few are ever used. And again, the bigger the box, the better. So often there will be 2 hens in the next together. Like us ladies have to go to the restroom together.
I don't suggest wire under their pen but a skirt outside on the ground would be a good idea and you could easily lift it to move the pen. I had one that had the 2x4" wire on the bottom and they hated it. And I am nothing if not a good mommy to my chickens. They spoke, I listened and I adjusted it for them. Am I whupped or what?
As far as moving it alone, I could not say. Some are really easy to move even though they are very big and others are smaller and not so easy to move. Many of my tractors do not even have wheels and I still move them by myself.
Anyhow, good choice on coops. I really like the design.
