Raising chickens in the mountains

[GilpinGuy]

Any tips are appreciated - thanks!

[Dave]

I have some friends who have chickens outside of Brighton and they bought an enclosed coop from their neighbor. They have chicken wire around and area they want to keep the chickens inside of and a staked chain link fence with buried chain link fencing under it a coyote barrier. Think they went with 4' so as to have 2' on each side of the upright fence. Although with a 6 foot wood fence around their garden/chicken area the chain link is better at keeping their dogs away. For winter heat they use infrared lizard light bulbs from the pet store.

[Holger Danske]

Ive find the chickens seem to do better without the heatlamps and developa thicker set of feathers. Just make sure the coop has good bedding like straw or pine shavings. In the winter I use a galvi waterer on a heated plate,which runs on a timer. Im at 7700 ft and never had an issue with loosing birds in the winter.

[GilpinGuy]

This looks interesting. Anyone use something like this?

Chicken Coop Garden Combo

[Irving]

Good article. Really like that concept.

[Great-Kazoo]

This looks interesting. Anyone use something like this?

Chicken Coop Garden Combo

Family we know down the road is set up like this.