Chicken Coop Continued....

The coop is painted and we are starting on the varmint proof yard measuring 18 feet, the width of the coop ,by 24 feet long. We planned the yard to be in increments of 6 ft. That is how far apart the posts will be to give the best strength for the chicken wire that will be stretched between them. We put posts down the middle of the coop as well.

The chickens and Ginnie hens were busting out of the brooder box at 6 weeks of age, so we finished up the coop as fast as we could and put them in the main building before the yard was done. We had them in a larger wire cage when we put them in the
coop and it took them a few days to venture out into the room. We ordered the chicks in the beginning of May and got them at 3 days old on June 1st. We ordered 12 Guienies and 12 Australop (the black ones) chickens, 2 of which were roosters and a month later we got 8 Aracana chickens.
Oh, and I almost forgot, our neighbors gave us some pigeons. Richard raised pigeons along time ago and has wanted to have them again, so we also have the pigeons in the coop as well.
Then another neighbor gave us a Peacock, it too was a baby, about the same age as our chicks. She is the one sitting on the box looking at all the
others wondering why they don't have a tasle on their heads! .