We're going to move our chickens into the goat paddock from the garden, mainly because the dogs are eating too much chicken poop and also the chickens are not respectful of my newly planted seedlings. We only have a couple of old Silkies at the moment but are getting 10 more young hens shortly.
My question is, as they're going to be living with two loopy pygmy goats, what sort of housing will work best? We have an Eglu for the Silkies (brought it with from our town garden) but need to get more accommodation for the new hens.
Will the chickens move into the goat house? The goats seem to get along with birds fine, they have no problem with the crows that are always hanging about near their food and water and I've seen the occasional pheasant coming out of the goat house.
As the goats love to climb I'm guessing they'll climb on the chicken house, butt it, chew it... so I'd be interested to know what would be the best buy? I don't want the goats to hurt themselves or destroy the coop!
Thanks very much