Your Breeding Pens!

[JacinLarkwell]

@sunnie7 ok. here is a picture. its truly pathetic, using office clips- but I'm so busy and I don't want to ask any more building favours for the moment.. husband is grouchy this week. LOL

I think that's just fine for your needs

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

@sunnie7 ok. here is a picture. its truly pathetic, using office clips- but I'm so busy and I don't want to ask any more building favours for the moment.. husband is grouchy this week. LOL

Innovative!

 

[sunnie7]

The white coop is for the silkie breeding pen. The red coop is for Marans, Olive Eggers, and Barnyard mixes. Then I have 2 other small coops. The smallest is where I keep baby chicks and the other is what I have for separating my silkies for certain coloring. But, during the most of the year they all stay in these 2 big ones. Does anyone have any tips on breeding pens?
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Love your set up! When you grow chicks out in a smaller coop how long do you keep them in there? I just moved my smaller coop inside my run a couple months ago but I haven't had the heart to boot my 2 bantams out of it yet. They still go in that one at night instead of the big coop with the others. I'm thinking with my next hatch as soon as they are off the heat lamp to put them in the small coop for awhile. How many do you think I could fit using it as a grow out coop?

 

[Minky]

My office clips lasted about 6 hours. so yesterday I went back and stapled the fabric up, much easier and now semi permanent.

My husbands finishing off my 3 broody coops today. These will be used for broody hens, for injured hens (my goats have been know to be really frisky) or maybe even 1:1 mating pen. Also as a grow out pen for chicks that are in that 3-5 week range (when they get too stinky for the house, but not fully feathered out). I won't use heat lamps, but give them a cuddle box.

I have to figure out what water and food dishes will be, and where the roosts will go. they are 24 inches x 86 inches. so about 13 sq ft.

Can chickens drink from rabbit water bottles?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

They might be able too, but Stromberg sells water cups that attach to pop bottles designed for chickens and quail

 

[Minky]

They might be able too, but Stromberg sells water cups that attach to pop bottles designed for chickens and quail

Well, I'm in Canada, so that is not going to happen. But I will try and google around- didnt know those exist!

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Love your set up! When you grow chicks out in a smaller coop how long do you keep them in there? I just moved my smaller coop inside my run a couple months ago but I haven't had the heart to boot my 2 bantams out of it yet. They still go in that one at night instead of the big coop with the others. I'm thinking with my next hatch as soon as they are off the heat lamp to put them in the small coop for awhile. How many do you think I could fit using it as a grow out coop?
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I just wait until it seems they are crowded to move them to the bigger one. Since I rarely (yeah right) ever keep any they won't go to my two main flocks unless they get too big for the other coops.

 

[Show Sebright]

Is that a BLUE EYED chicken!!????? What kind of chicken is that?

Wait what picture?

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

I had my juvenile peafowl trio in a 10x10 kennel but decided to sell them. Predators are too bad around here to free range that valuable of a bird. My Great Pyrneese keeps a lot of the predators away. I’m debating between CCL, Silverudd Blue and Swedish Flower to get started into breeding. How many do you keep in each pen and do you keep the rooster in with them? I have a smaller wire kennel wrapped in Hardware cloth I can raise them in while younger.
Do you just have one door?! How to you get to the other side?

Almost forgot to check back in with the "door" photos.

I have this on both sides. Again, just needs to be solid enough to separate birds from each other, and this works. I unclip the caribine and let the side with the 2x2 fold towards me so there's a v-shaped entrance. We call this a "farm gate" style... just a country-type fix that works. I don't know what others call it.

I've added another pullet to this group and I'm probably going to move them to a larger space since i have trios to set up that would be better suited.

 

[ChickenLoverz123]

The white coop is for the silkie breeding pen. The red coop is for Marans, Olive Eggers, and Barnyard mixes. Then I have 2 other small coops. The smallest is where I keep baby chicks and the other is what I have for separating my silkies for certain coloring. But, during the most of the year they all stay in these 2 big ones. Does anyone have any tips on breeding pens?
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I like your pen. What's the dimensions?