Curious what materials everyone has used for daytime runs? Mostly for confinement but also to protect from hawks and cats. I know hardware cloth, chicken wire, regular fencing but what else? I wonder what’s available that I don’t know about.
Here is a picture. Im sorry it’s such a bad one and my yard is a mess right now. The red circle is the current space I’d like to turn into a more permanent type of run they can access during the day. DH is building a larger coop (currently we have 3 bantams in this set up). I hadn’t considered...
I need to expand our run so my girls have more space during the day. At this time it just needs to be daytime predator proof (we’re in CT; hawks, cats, dogs, maybe foxes). We have a large pile of wood partly in the way of a perfect rectangle and I am not sure how to make this run happen or what...
Thank you. This is really helpful to see how yours opens. I can’t figure out how to arranger the egg boxes since I’ll only have access to the inside from of the front of the coop.
Thanks! Any of the roosting bars? How many do you have here? Chickens I mean. I like the door on the bottom idea but we have an auto door so that nix’s that.
Louise (aka LuLu)
Henrietta(aka Henri)
Fluffy
Macaroni
Orca Panda Oreo (aka OPO)
And Snowy
One BR ended up being a cockerel so he has a new home. These guys are all super friendly and like to perch on us and sit in our laps. Here’s hoping they’re ALL pullets!
Trying to decide the layout for an 8-10’x4’ coop which will be built within our existing predator proof run. The problem I’m coming up with is the egg box location. It’ll have to be on the front of the coop as the coop will be the full length of the run (leaving only the front accessible for...
OK, I’ll have to plan for something like this. One of those pictures the sun is shining from behind the chick so it looks a little redder than it is. is that the only thing that might be questionable is that it’s very red? I’ll try to take a picture when I go back downstairs to the brooder...
We have two separate brooders right now. One brooder has a hen and two chicks. The other brooder has five chicks. I suspect one of the chicks with the hen might be a rooster, and will inevitably need to leave our home. I am not able to put the hen and chicks outside yet. All of the chicks are...
These are two Barred Rocks that are just over 2 weeks old. One seems to be developing more of a comb than the other. I thought these were a sex link breed? Tried to get pictures. First is the one in question but I’m adding the second too. They are both the SWEETEST!
Everyone is doing well. They are all turning out to be so friendly 🤗 it’s also amazing to watch my hen mother the two she is in charge of 💜 they all jump into my hand and I’m hoping they’ll be lap chickens 😂