We bought our house in late 2018, and moved in early 2019. We obviously loved the house, which is why we bought it but there was some work to be done! Getting chickens was something we discussed a couple of times since moving in but we were so inundated with projects and reworking the landscape that it was put on the back burner for some time.
Our street is on a hill, high at the top, low at the bottom and we are just about at the halfway point. If you’re looking up at our house from the street, the land goes uphill and levels off where the house is. On the right side it is closer to our neighbors… the land is flat and then there is a rock wall and their driveway/land sits slightly higher than ours. On the left side there is a bit of level land that connects to the back yard and then it drops off where there’s a large rock retaining wall. The lower level is accessible from both the front and back yard but it’s a unique area. When we first moved in the retaining wall area was completely overgrown with trees and brush which we ended up completely clearing out.
Once we had that side opened up and started discussing how we wanted the area to look we realized we had created the perfect spot for a chicken coop – the lower level of the rock wall was it! We had to level the area, it was all dugout from the previous owners swing set. This took quite some time and we ended up adding some fill from other areas of the yard. All said and done we had a level area of approximately 30’ x 30’. Perfect!
Now for more research and planning for the coops and run!
Feather in the Wood 