Attention all chickenowners and anyone who can refer a chicken owner to this I need your help.
I've been looking into keeping chickens for a long time now and want to build a coop this summer, there's so many contradicting ideas out there I'd like some successful chicken keepers to add imput to what I should do and shouldn't.
I live in MA so winter's get cold, I live with a barn so I'd build next to that, and we do get foxes and coyotees so obviously you put them away at night but I'd like a way to let them go out in a run during the day even though I'll be at work. Strong wire suggestions? Also the cows get an electric fence around then keep them in and others out, would this be ok as long as the chickens can in no way touch it?
You've all helped so much with Franklin so thanks in advance for help with this.
I've been looking into keeping chickens for a long time now and want to build a coop this summer, there's so many contradicting ideas out there I'd like some successful chicken keepers to add imput to what I should do and shouldn't.
I live in MA so winter's get cold, I live with a barn so I'd build next to that, and we do get foxes and coyotees so obviously you put them away at night but I'd like a way to let them go out in a run during the day even though I'll be at work. Strong wire suggestions? Also the cows get an electric fence around then keep them in and others out, would this be ok as long as the chickens can in no way touch it?
You've all helped so much with Franklin so thanks in advance for help with this.