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  1. patandchickens

    Too small to winter in?

    Beautiful!! You will want to swap the roost for something wider though, I think... better insurance against frostbit toes. The wide side of a 2x4 (corners knocked back a bit if they're sharp), or a *wide* dead branch, like 5-6" diameter ish. There is nothing wrong with a wooden floor. If you...
  2. patandchickens

    Too small to winter in?

    Ooooo, nice shed! Really, if he wouldn't let you use the *whole* shed <vbeg>, your 4 hens would do quite well if you just ran a table type thing along the back half of the shed or one side, so the chickens could be underneath (that would be their indoor coop, with the A-frame tractor moored to...
  3. patandchickens

    Too small to winter in?

    Honestly my best suggestion is to look around real quick now (before the snow piles up so much you can't move things around) for a secondhand shed on Craigslist/kijiji/whatever. You could attach it to your A-frame there so that the A-frame serves as the run but the chickens can stay in the shed...
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