I have finished the coop and I am now expecting to pic up my rescue chicken in a few weeks time.
I have over an acre or land including some forest, a paddock and some grass in a small orchard where their coop is. They will have access to the whole place, but will they just churn up the grass in the orchard or will they roam around and dig in the forest and the paddock first. I like what grass I have and hope to keep it.
Here is the coop, you can see the forest behind it.
Here you can see the area right at the back of the coop to the left of the forest, it is really rough ground with brambles and twigs and sticks, and there is a bramble hedge running along the left side where rabbits come through from the neighbours horse paddocks. Note there is grass in my orchard.
Here you can see some more of the forest at the back and the back end of our rough paddock area. There is more paddock where I am stood with the camera and behind me, its quite large and they will be able to free range the whole lot.
We are planning on having only six chickens, so what do you think, will they just stay in the orchard area and destroy my grass or will they be off, roaming around and clearing all the bugs?
Thanks
I have over an acre or land including some forest, a paddock and some grass in a small orchard where their coop is. They will have access to the whole place, but will they just churn up the grass in the orchard or will they roam around and dig in the forest and the paddock first. I like what grass I have and hope to keep it.
Here is the coop, you can see the forest behind it.
Here you can see the area right at the back of the coop to the left of the forest, it is really rough ground with brambles and twigs and sticks, and there is a bramble hedge running along the left side where rabbits come through from the neighbours horse paddocks. Note there is grass in my orchard.
Here you can see some more of the forest at the back and the back end of our rough paddock area. There is more paddock where I am stood with the camera and behind me, its quite large and they will be able to free range the whole lot.
We are planning on having only six chickens, so what do you think, will they just stay in the orchard area and destroy my grass or will they be off, roaming around and clearing all the bugs?
Thanks