I actually built this a year ago, and made a few changes here and there.
The coop itself is 8' x 12' and the run is 12' x12'. It has a vinyl floor inside covered with 6 to 8 inches of wood chips floor inside
I got the post and and the band boards up, squared and level. post are set in...
There was one day a few weeks back that i went down to the coop at 6 PM and got 10 out of 14 chickens.Well I went down there again at 8 PM,in the dark and collected 2 more. they were on the roost.
The next day I went down there around 2 PM and got 13 eggs. Then around 6 I went down and found...
Got 9 out of 15 yesterday, our best yet. we were getting 4 to 5 with an occasional 6. can you imagine the look on my 8 year olds face when he saw all those eggs!
We got our leghorns ( 4of them) at the end of February. and 16 weeks to the day we got our 1st egg. and for the last week its been 3 to 4 white eggs a day. we have 15 total. 4 golden laced Wyndotts, 4 Barred rocks Got those Feb. 1st, 3 buff Orpingtons (had 4, 1 didn't make it) Feb 13th and the...
I have the bucket mounted under the lean too side of coop. the bucket on top is my pvc feeder. ( this picture was taken before the outside waterer but is under the window)
I keep a lid on to keep debris out
a piece window screen held down by a big nut to stop little stuff from going...
I don't get on PC much that's why there is a long gap in some of my replies.
I lowed the roost inside and took out the High one outside last night. I went down there at 9 and 2 were on the lower bar outside. Taking that out today.
As for ventilation, ( this picture was takin under...