Who has the best breeding pen setup?

[Chicky Mama]

Here's ours,it's either 1,2 or 3 pens with dividers.So far it's been an infirmary and jail.We've since enclosed the bottom which will be the brooder for a mom and chickies.Would also work for a rabbit hutch.

 

[RAREROO]

Hey that would work nice for bantams. Does anyone know if bantams breed and lay the same as in a cage than on the ground?

 

[ThePamperedPullet]

This is looking down through 4 of our pens. We have a total of 8 breeding pens that are about 5 x 12 and 4 broody pens for when they want to set they get moved to them. Then a huge out run. Will try to get some better pics posted.

 

[Chicky Mama]

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Well that's what we have in it right now and have gotten eggs in there the same as in the coop. 90% of our birds are bantys.

 

[mzfancichicks]

This is what I have come up with...I'm in the process of adding 3/16ths limestone rock to each pen to make it easier to clean and nicer. The chicken yard is 25 x 25, so the side these pens are on will have 5 individual pens and directly across from them will be 4 more for a total of 9 breeder pens. My chicken coop ( 10x10) is now my brooder house. I have a ways to go, but I'm very proud of it. I've built a roost box at the back the width of the pen (6 ft) about 4 1/2 ft up with a ladder up to it. Each pen is 6 x 11. The picture here shows the 2 pens we've finished so far. I'm really happy with them.

 

[gumpsgirl]

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That is totally awesome!

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Pampered Pullet, I love the idea of totes for nesting boxes in your breeding pens. Brilliant!

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

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That is totally awesome!

thank you! I would say I have been working my butt off . . . but it's still there!

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

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Glad you pointed that out, I missed it entirely and they are great! You could totally pick up and move a broody. I gotta go measure for totes!