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AquaCluck said:
Hiya Sisters! Have you raised chickens before? What sort of property do you have? That can make a huge difference in your housing (cooping?) options.

My first coop was repurposed from my mom's garden fence and a dog house. That was 20 years ago. I've built a number of coops since then and they're all different. Main thing is sturdy, with a good door, a house with well done boxes, surrounded top and sides and part of it roofed.
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Well I’ve never had chickens before and I’ve been researching for the past week, I live on 3 acres but 2 of them are covered in trees. I have a corral in the backyard that I would put the coop and run in.
 
Hello, Here are some pics of my coop. My Dad and I built it over a weekend or so and it's sturdy, airated and predator proof. In Materials it cost us about $150 dollars(AUSD).Depending on your location, you might have to enclose the front and add some wire over the vents. Just a practical idea.
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For the birds..I recomend Australorps, Australian Langshans, Leghorns, Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. Start off with five or six so you know what you are in for, and then think big! Happy chicken keeping!
 
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One type of Barred as Ron put in hardwire on the corral maybe a solid shed of some short go 8 x 10 or 10 x 20 pole building little less money, bottom around with hardware cloth nothing can get in amazon has best price larger rolls of hardware cloth
 
@NataliesBackyardChickens said:
Hello, Here are some pics of my coop. My Dad and I built it over a weekend or so and it's sturdy, airated and predator proof. In Materials it cost us about $150 dollars(AUSD).Depending on your location, you might have to enclose the front and add some wire over the vents. Just a practical idea.
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For the birds..I recomend Australorps, Australian Langshans, Leghorns, Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. Start off with five or six so you know what you are in for, and then think big! Happy chicken keeping!
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How many chickens does that hold?
 
Yea trees wouldn't work very well for chicken tractors then huh? You plan on just starting out selling the eggs and once you are making a profit from that to start breeding? You'll need some separate housing for the laying moms and their chicks. I'm not sure how well Wyandottes breed, but they're wonderful layers and mine have always been very friendly.
 

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