As it's shown in the picture, the poles are too close together. Then we added a roost above the nest boxes. This setup must be ok, the first egg was laid in it 20 minutes after the chickens first saw it. set it on the platform, and filled it with some of the straw-like tall grass from the yard. Then we built a nest box or three to go on the platform out of old fence wood. On the innermost corner, we built a platform, supported between two studs and on some pruned buckthorn trunks. Picture from before we reorganized it because it's probably bad karma to This is what the coop looks like from the outside, after rearranging. How did they know what to do? We didn't even have our nesting boxes ready! We clearly had to get the boxes built ASAP, and we took the opportunity to rearrange the shed coop and get the positive energy flowing more smoothly. (We still herd them out to the yard every time we have a few hours.)Ī couple weeks ago, our Easter Egger caught us off-guard by starting to lay at 19 weeks old, followed shortly by the Rhode Island Red. It doesn't give the chickens free access to the grass (yet), but it gives them the most space to move around, the best predator protection, and, we'll admit it, it's easiest on us. Lastly, we have part of a shed that shares a wall with the garage. Then we have the A-frame chicken tractor, which is pretty predator proof, but doesn't have much room for nest boxes (which we need now that they've started laying). We have the row cover chicken tractor, which fits neatly over our garden beds, but doesn't have enough predator proofing to keep the chooks safe overnight. At our homestead, we have three places for chickens to hang out, depending on the circumstances.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |