One of the reasons for our purchase of the farm site is that the land is zoned for agriculture. Currently, our operation is based on land that is zoned for general commercial use or residential use. Keeping chickens on these lots is legal (we checked!), but people live nearby and we don’t want to be […]
The New Chicken Pen Read More »
The shelter in the larger section of the triangle pen was in need of repair. I pulled it away from the wall of the pen to remove the roof and was surprised to discover that the two sections of roof were in completely different conditions. Both halves of the roof were made from 1/4” plywood,
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Today, I finished partitioning the coop. I found a few pieces of fence and fastened them to the walls so that the pieces could be opened or closed in the middle of the coop. The fence was sagging a bit, but that was remedied by wiring a piece of lath in the center. The fence
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In order to partition the coop to keep the rooster separate from the broiler chicks, it was necessary to dig out some of the litter that accumulated during the winter. We use the deep bedding system. The portion of the coop that houses the adult birds has a floor area approximately 10’ by 11’.
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