Chicken coop

Building this chicken coop with stuff I can find laying around the house. It will have a front door (and a window box and a front porch). Can anyone who has birds tell me how the inside should be set up?

Getting a rooster was part of the plan. Thank you?

Dirk8==D~Diggler said:

Getting a rooster was part of the plan. Thank you?

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You don't need a rooster to get eggs.

Dirk8==D~Diggler said:

Building this chicken coop with stuff I can find laying around the house. It will have a front door (and a window box and a front porch). Can anyone who has birds tell me how the inside should be set up?View attachment 4563624

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Not to put too fine a point on it ... I would set it up for chickens.

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raratt said:

You don't need a rooster to get eggs.

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Yeah I want them fertilized so I can have some eggs to put in the incubator

Dirk8==D~Diggler said:

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Yeah I want them fertilized so I can have some eggs to put in the incubator

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Check local ordinances/HMO about having a rooster, a lot of places down't allow them.

raratt said:

Check local ordinances/HMO about having a rooster, a lot of places down't allow them.

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I’m wayyyy out in the country. That being said I would rather go toe to toe with a home owners association than my woman at 7 a.m. when she’s pissed off at some loud ass rooster

Dirk8==D~Diggler said:

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Yeah I want them fertilized so I can have some eggs to put in the incubator

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If your planning to do that it's not big enough. Stick with chickens first then expand the coup to allow for a rooster.

You need shelf’s where the chickens can sit and lay eggs. Maybe some steps. They probably want to be up off the ground away from predators.

BudmanTX said:

If your planning to do that it's not big enough. Stick with chickens first then expand the coup to allow for a rooster.

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Thanks man I didn’t realize that the rooster required more space. Does it change things that they’re in a 30ft x 15ft pen?

SnidleyBluntash said:

You need shelf’s where the chickens can sit and lay eggs. Maybe some steps. They probably want to be up off the ground away from predators.

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Yeah from what I’ve read they like to get up to the highest point so I thought maybe some 2x4’s up in the rafters to roost on

If you get them as baby chicks, will you need a heat lamp?

SnidleyBluntash said:

If you get them as baby chicks, will you need a heat lamp?

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I’m planning on getting some adults at the local chicken auction. But if I get around to incubating some then definitely so

Dirk8==D~Diggler said:

Thanks man I didn’t realize that the rooster required more space. Does it change things that they’re in a 30ft x 15ft pen?

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They do, and especially for the chicks too. Rooster are dicks in general. If you just want eggs your good. 3 to 4 chickens generally will get ya a dozen eggs good. Just make sure you Give them something to sit on....people around here use a cue ball.

Dirk8==D~Diggler said:

I’m planning on getting some adults at the local chicken auction. But if I get around to incubating some then definitely so

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Chicken auction?

WTF?

kelly4 said:

Chicken auction?

WTF?

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There are livestock auctions all the time. City folk....

JoeBlow5823 said:

There are livestock auctions all the time. City folk....

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City folk... poor souls. Chicken auction and a case of Budweiser is a recipe for a great time