Location of the chicken coop?

[Scout103]

Hey y'all,

Trying to figure out the best place for our coop we're going to put in. Is it alright to put the coop right next to a crop field? I wasn't sure if the pesticides would mess with them or not.

I've got a couple of families I know that have them fairly close to a field, but I just thought I'd ask.

 

[Kmcinnes]

Our coop is about 30ft from a field however we also have a privacy fence around our yard. I don't know if that's a pro or a con but we haven't had any issues with it.

 

[blurr95]

Have you thought about a chicken tractor. If you are not getting very many,6-8, this could be a decent option. You can move it around your yard whenever you want.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Pesticides shouldn't bother them. When I had chickens I always made sure they were within easy wheel barrow range of the garden. Same for rabbit hutches. Makes it easy to shovel up their fertilizer and spread it on the garden spot.

 

[huey]

Have you thought about a chicken tractor. If you are not getting very many,6-8, this could be a decent option. You can move it around your yard whenever you want.

WATCH OUT FOR THE CHICKEN HAWK

 

[Scout103]

Thanks for the info y'all. Haha Glad I'm old enough to remember the chicken hawk and if I see it will be my response.

 

[marinemom]

We have our coop butted up against the farm field. It has been that way for 4 years and no issues.

 

[6mm Shoot]

We had ours in the side yard. They were free range chickens.

They went every where. I put a couple of them in the garden to eat the potato bugs. They nailed a couple of tomatoes but they got rid of the bugs.

They would go back to there house at dusk and I would lock them up.

They are tough birds. Our wrotty got a hold of one and I thought I was going to have a chicken dinner that night. I picked it up and took it to the barn after I got her off of it.

I was going to cut off its head and I laid it on the chopping block and went to grab my little ax and it got up and ran to its house with the wrotty chasing it. The are fast. I guess thinking it was going to be dog food made it that much faster.