Started integrating

[MenachemEliyahu]

I finished my coop today and moved my chicks in. The current set up they can see each other but can’t touch. In a few weeks I plan to make openings in the partition and add hiding places in the run.

For now the chicks stare at the chickens and the chickens postures ever so often.

 

[Cassandra Lana]

Sooooo cute what breed are your babies

 

[MenachemEliyahu]

Sooooo cute what breed are your babies

Chicks are Rhode Island Red. The 2 hens are Leghorn

 

[aart]

Is the chick brooder roof water proof?

What's the Aframe?

 

[MenachemEliyahu]

Is the chick brooder roof water proof?

What's the Aframe?

The roof isn’t waterproof yet. We’re thinking of putting a plastic panel on top on a slope.

the a-frame is the roost and nest box for the hens.

When I added the new coop I inadvertently increased the run area for the hens by adding a crawl space underneath. An added bonus since now I don’t have to worry about shade.