Comments on: “Backyard Chicken Coop”, Outside Pen http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/04/01/backyard-chicken-coop-outside-pen/ Cultivating the best of gardening, vintage containers, home-grown food, and vineyard lifestyle. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:58:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Bonnie Manion http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/04/01/backyard-chicken-coop-outside-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 Bonnie Manion Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:59:30 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=1887#comment-2121 Carol, I can't comment on the livability and legality of this is Seattle. I do know that housing chickens on concrete is not the best, either is hosing it down daily. Thanks for your interesting comment...VintageGardenGal Carol, I can’t comment on the livability and legality of this is Seattle. I do know that housing chickens on concrete is not the best, either is hosing it down daily. Thanks for your interesting comment…VintageGardenGal

]]> By: carol isaac http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/04/01/backyard-chicken-coop-outside-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-2119 carol isaac Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:20:02 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=1887#comment-2119 I have a question about livability... for people in my home and for chickens. What do you think of a totally concrete run for three chickens about 3' x 25' that runs five feet from my home. Four windows will border the run. That includes two bedrooms and one bath. On the other side of the run there is a garage. There is some sun in the late day on the concrete in the summer, but not so much in the winter if at all. The concrete will be hosed down daily. It is not a covered run and it is separated by a wire fence, quite old and decorative in its day, between the run and a row of raspberries. I am not kidding. This is legal in the city of Seattle. That is my house and raspberries, a fence on the residential property lline, and my neighbors new concrete chicken run beside her garage. What is wrong with this picture? I have a question about livability… for people in my home and for chickens.

What do you think of a totally concrete run for three chickens about 3′ x 25′ that runs five feet from my home. Four windows will border the run. That includes two bedrooms and one bath. On the other side of the run there is a garage. There is some sun in the late day on the concrete in the summer, but not so much in the winter if at all. The concrete will be hosed down daily. It is not a covered run and it is separated by a wire fence, quite old and decorative in its day, between the run and a row of raspberries.

I am not kidding. This is legal in the city of Seattle. That is my house and raspberries, a fence on the residential property lline, and my neighbors new concrete chicken run beside her garage.

What is wrong with this picture?

]]> By: Bonnie Manion http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/04/01/backyard-chicken-coop-outside-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Bonnie Manion Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:31:32 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=1887#comment-670 Ashley, thanks for your kind words, please tell your friends and pass the word....VintageGardenGal Ashley, thanks for your kind words, please tell your friends and pass the word….VintageGardenGal

]]> By: Bonnie Manion http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/04/01/backyard-chicken-coop-outside-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Bonnie Manion Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:30:33 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=1887#comment-669 Ashley, please see the post Chickens FAQ, I mention space requirements for the coop and outside pen. For bantams (small size breeds), you need about 4 sq ft/bird for outside pen, and for other chicken breeds, 8-10 sq ft/bird for outside pen. Have fun..VintageGardenGal Ashley, please see the post Chickens FAQ, I mention space requirements for the coop and outside pen. For bantams (small size breeds), you need about 4 sq ft/bird for outside pen, and for other chicken breeds, 8-10 sq ft/bird for outside pen. Have fun..VintageGardenGal

]]> By: Ashley McCraney http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/04/01/backyard-chicken-coop-outside-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Ashley McCraney Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:26:16 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=1887#comment-666 sorry I misspelled my own last name.....lol I am a garden fanatic too.... we are recently constructed me a greenhouse to start my seeds for my spring crops....we just began working on our strawberry beds...i will constantly be coming back to your site for tips....you are a blessing:) sorry I misspelled my own last name…..lol I am a garden fanatic too…. we are recently constructed me a greenhouse to start my seeds for my spring crops….we just began working on our strawberry beds…i will constantly be coming back to your site for tips….you are a blessing:)

]]> By: Ashley McCrnaey http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/04/01/backyard-chicken-coop-outside-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Ashley McCrnaey Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:16:58 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=1887#comment-665 We have just decided to convert a beautiful dog house that I slaved over....that my dogs refuse to use....they prefer the couch inside....:) into a chicken coop....we added an exterior nesting box....that has an exterior lid to make retrieving my eggs easier...I intend to raise the finished product off the ground by at least two feet...but I am uncertain about the running pen...I want it to be no larger than the coop itself and not look like a chicken coop...exactly how large must it be for 3 chickens? We have just decided to convert a beautiful dog house that I slaved over….that my dogs refuse to use….they prefer the couch inside….:) into a chicken coop….we added an exterior nesting box….that has an exterior lid to make retrieving my eggs easier…I intend to raise the finished product off the ground by at least two feet…but I am uncertain about the running pen…I want it to be no larger than the coop itself and not look like a chicken coop…exactly how large must it be for 3 chickens?

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