u/TheJaquio80

We are getting about 25 chicks soon. We have a 2-stall barn (about 2,000 sq ft total) plus a tack room. We were thinking of blocking off a stall or 2, putting roosting poles in there, and using the tack room for nesting boxes. We can block off the rest of the barn. They can get from stalls to tack room easily. We have power & water. We would use mesh wiring to try to keep predators out. Is this a better idea than making a separate chicken coop? We plan to free range and will make a run if that doesn’t work. Right now we have no other animals, may add goats down the road.