Amusingpet
Hatching
- Sep 19, 2020
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I finally did it, I bought some chicks - so I am a first timer at this. I bought an assortment of 10 chicks for egg production. The chicken coop that came with my house needs some work. Should I enclose the entire coop with framed (2x4's for the frame?) chicken wire or should I use the existing fence as the foundation for the enclosure? Would it be better to just enclose the end without the nesting boxes - sort of a fenced backyard for the coop? The coop in the picture is about 4'x5' with two levels, three nesting boxes (all my chicks will hopefully be hens). I live in a country/slightly suburban area with some feral cats, coyotes, hawks, owls, racoon and opossums. I live in zone 8a. I happen to have three rolls of 2x4 welded wire and T-posts - can I even used that for chickens? I think I bought too many chicks for the size of the coop (once they are full sized). Does the coop need to be larger? Thanks for any suggestions - I really appreciate it.