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I prefer pellets as I see less waste with them. It probably doesn't matter with the outdoor feeders as much since they would eat the dropped food anyway. But with the feeder is the coop, the dropped crumbles get lost in the deep litter while the pellets get picked up and eaten.

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I understand what you are doing here, I am just not sure how mobile it will be. 10X20 is a large structure. I am in the process of building a 12X24' coop myself, so I have a pretty good idea of the size. I raised mine about 2 feet on the people door end. The ground slopes away, so it is 3+ feet...

Quote: I am pretty new here myself, but welcome aboard. And I second the motion on no more snow!!!!!!!!!!

I guess that I am lucky. Zoned as Agriculture, if it is a barn, it doesn't matter how big it is. No permit required. A chicken coop is considered to be a barn.

Can I be jealous????????????

Ventilation is not your problem. You need to insulate the underside of the roof. I have seen condensation dripping from the bottom of the roof of many farm sheds around here. Even a pole shed with no sides can have the roof sweat.

Quote: Well I am new to chickens. Right now, I have 12 RIRs that will be 4 weeks old this Monday or Tuesday. I was able to get outside today and make some headway on the coop. I have got to get it finished pretty soon. They are outgrowing the brooder in a hurry. The weather has not been...

MomtoSyd&Emma : [ I would LOVE a goat, but Rke city laws only allow us to keep one for 24 hours before it has to be removed from the property, the kicker is we have almost an acre! As far as the Chi goes, we have to have a female as our male Chi doesnt like other males lol What is the point of...

Well I did not learn this building my coop since I have yet to start construction. Maybe this weekend????? Anyway, when planting posts in the ground with Quickcrete, concrete, etc, don't encapsulate the post on the sides and the bottom. One option is to pour the concrete in the bottom of the...

I have access to all the sawdust I could possibly ever use and them some. If I insulate the walls, I will have to cover the inside with OSB or something anyway, so I am thinking about covering with OSB and filling the cavities between the studs with sawdust. What do you think? Good idea or bad idea?

I have decided that when I build the run, that instead of using 1X2 or 2X4 welded wire all the way to the ground and then cover that with 1/2" hardware cloth that I may be better off to put the hardware cloth on the bottom and then start the welded wire at the top (vertically) of the hardware...

Well if the weather ever cooperates, I will be building my first coop. I have access to all the shredded paper and hardwood sawdust that I could possibly want. I was thinking of mixing the two as a litter material. The responses in this thread make me think that I am on the right track.

Well I have pretty much decided on 10X24 as a final size. I was finally able to get out Saturday, so I cut down some trees where the coop will go. It will face due South and I changed my mind on the roof. I was going to go with an A-Frame roof, but have since decided on a shed style roof. The...

Quote: I think that I would find someone to move it and get a price before I moved all the stuff. Good luck. Looks like a really nice coop if you can get it moved.

My wife and I on top of Chimney Rock in North Carolina last summer. My wife, son, and I at Sea World, Christmas 2008.

Quote: Very nice looking coop you have there!!!

Thanks for the replies. It looks as if I will need to enclose the top sooner rather than later. No big deal. I was just hoping to defer the expense a bit. However, better safe than sorry.

Wow, he does have his work cut out for him. But it sounds like at least some of it is his own doing. Would it be possible to just build 1 larger coop to accommodate all of the chickens, then put chicken wire divider walls in the coop to keep them separated? That is sorta what I have in mind...

Initially I will have an indoor worm bin for compost/vermicompost. As the weather warms up and the worms breed I will be adding them to the garden.