The last 2 days have been a blur, as I have been busting my hump to get the coop ready for birds, which I picked up today YAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! I got 7 hens and a Rooster for $60.00 the rooster is a R.I. Red yay again. The hens are a mix some are Brown Isas, I think, & the others I don't know hoping for some help here. Name that breed. pics to follow.
Oh Sdet, it looks wonderful and I can see that you worked hard on it. I have one thing that really worries me, though. That poultry (chicken) wire is made to keep chickens in, not predators out. A dog, coon, or opossom could pull that apart and get the chickens with very little effort. I suggest that you buy some 2x4 welded wire and put it over the poultry wire (or you could replace it.) An even better option, although much more expensive, would be 1/2 inch hardware cloth. That is one fine looking structure that anyone would be proud to have in their yard. I would hate to see your new birds taken at night or during the day when no one is home. BTW - The birds look good, too!
It's lovely. As soon as you can though you need to remove the chicken wire on the run and coop and replace it with hardware cloth wire or rat wire. A dogģcatģraccoon, fox will go right through that.
Thanks for the input,that is something to consider. However I'm all tapped out at this time. the coop is right by the house , so maybe that will help. I already lost 1 when i was transfering them to the run from the cage I brought them home in. She ran across the road into a stand of pines. I'm hoping to find her free ranging in the yard tomorrow a.m. , when the rooster crows. Say a prayer for herplease.