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Chicken Coop advise Please

  • 27-12-2012 10:33pm
    #1
    cosher10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭


    Hi im am hoping to get three hens Rhode Island Reds. i live in a housing estate so i dont have much of a garden i was ideally hoping to have a small section. for them. i see advertised Chicken coops etc but are these just to keep them in at night time or are they permanently living there. i am looking for any advice please see link of the one i was looking at.

    i dont want to get them if i cant give them a liveable amount of space.

    thanks

    http://www.adverts.ie/pet-accessories/4-bird-chicken-coop-free-shipping/2116228#comment_11834160


Comments

  • #2
    555guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 142 ✭✭555guy


    they are more for night time really ... we started with something similar with 4 hens and they outgrew it very quickly resulting in me adding a run of about 10 x 5 onto it . If your garden is secure could you leave them roam freely for a few hours each day ?


  • #3
    PhotogTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭PhotogTom


    To choices, let them free range during the day. You will need some sort of fencing or enclosed yard or they will free range too far. Second is that some of the coops I've seen can be moved around the garden. This will give them access to the grass and anything they can scratch up. Moving every couple of days will keep the grass from dying underneath the coop.


  • #4
    Vote 4 Pedro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Vote 4 Pedro


    They would be driven mad in there if it was there only accommodation,
    by the time you have in your hens, a feeder and water container in they would hardly have room to turn and probably get very stressed, leading to health issues, no eggs and a few dead hens before long but if you were to let them out EVERY morning to roam a fenced part of the garden they would return to the coop by themselves as soon as the light started to fade as the evening approached and you would just lock them in before dark for there security, they could be very happy with it.


  • #5
    cosher10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭cosher10


    Hi sorry for late replies thanks for the feedback i think I will have to come up with something else don't want it to small for them as that's not fair. My da loves his garden so don't think I can let them roam as they would probably ruin the garden. Amy advice for a novice like myself starting off In an urban back garden


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