You are doing a fine job. Amazon sells chicken coops that house 10-15 chickens for $799. I am sure you know this. I was wondering why you chose to build your own?
A few reasons really but boils down to mainly * We want two coops right now, three of four in another year * Each coop needs to hold at least 25 birds. Yes, we have 15 chicks today but I have roosters so we can incubate and we plan on running up to 30 birds per side of the coop. That will ebb and flow as we send birds to the freezer, sell/give to neighbors and as those pesky hawks visit. * WAF: this specific coop is the first thing people see when they drive into our place. This removed things that do not have high WAF from our decision tree. Trust me, we talked for weeks on cost vs size vs appearance. * I actually have one of those Amazon coops at the top hill, I assembled last year and I do not trust it to keep my birds safe. The wire they use is a thin gauge and has 2" holes. By the time I re-enforce everthing the cost would be more around the $1k mark -- for a single smaller coop. Now, I am sure there are more coops than I found :)
I am probably wrong but I am told those are vultures. The straight wings vs teh swoop back wings of the hawks? I have been trying to read up on how to tell apart. Also, there have been a couple smaller birds which have the swooped wings and make the screeching sound. THose travel alone when I see them. That one at 8:25 is one of several, I'll bet there are 8-10 circeling at any given time right now. If there is a good way to tell hawk from vulture then I really want to know! :) I have a lot of vultures right now, 2x dead piggies rotting away we caught in the trap. One at the top of that hill (not where I wanted it but that is where he put it) vs way far away beside the one I dumped a few days earlier.
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You are doing a fine job. Amazon sells chicken coops that house 10-15 chickens for $799. I am sure you know this. I was wondering why you chose to build your own?
A few reasons really but boils down to mainly
* We want two coops right now, three of four in another year
* Each coop needs to hold at least 25 birds. Yes, we have 15 chicks today but I have roosters so we can incubate and we plan on running up to 30 birds per side of the coop. That will ebb and flow as we send birds to the freezer, sell/give to neighbors and as those pesky hawks visit.
* WAF: this specific coop is the first thing people see when they drive into our place. This removed things that do not have high WAF from our decision tree. Trust me, we talked for weeks on cost vs size vs appearance.
* I actually have one of those Amazon coops at the top hill, I assembled last year and I do not trust it to keep my birds safe. The wire they use is a thin gauge and has 2" holes. By the time I re-enforce everthing the cost would be more around the $1k mark -- for a single smaller coop. Now, I am sure there are more coops than I found :)
At 8:25 min you can see hawks circling above... I'll bet they heard someone will be getting chickens soon. lol
I am probably wrong but I am told those are vultures. The straight wings vs teh swoop back wings of the hawks? I have been trying to read up on how to tell apart. Also, there have been a couple smaller birds which have the swooped wings and make the screeching sound. THose travel alone when I see them. That one at 8:25 is one of several, I'll bet there are 8-10 circeling at any given time right now. If there is a good way to tell hawk from vulture then I really want to know! :)
I have a lot of vultures right now, 2x dead piggies rotting away we caught in the trap. One at the top of that hill (not where I wanted it but that is where he put it) vs way far away beside the one I dumped a few days earlier.