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chicken coop + run under a lean-to shelter

jackrussell007 · 2015-02-22 01:19:50

hi folks I'm a considering getting a few chickens for and am just trying to plan a coop and run. I've got a lean-to shleter which I'm considering building my coop and run in. It would be ideal as its close to the house, and would be easy to enclose due to the wooden pillars holdinging up the roof. I plan on leaving the…

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#32 13-04-2015 09:55PM

aonb

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mine squeezed through the barriers I put up initially and had to re-do it!
If their run is big enough, they will be ok being kept restricted - though until they get to know that you are not going to let them out, they will act like they are pretty badly treated! (pacing up and down and 'calling' to be let out)

Ive found that keeping them in the run all day, and just letting them out for an hour or two in the evening, they are so glad to get out that they spend that time on the grass...

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#33 14-04-2015 02:51AM

Iyaibeji

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Ah yes, tapping on the patio door and fouling on the back step, all too familiar!

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