bcnicole
Hatching
- Mar 25, 2016
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Hello! I'm new to raising chickens and am so excited to be getting our coop and run ready for our chicks! My husband surprised me by building a coop and he made it 2 stories high - intended to have a roosting/living area on each "floor". I'm kind of scratching my head over this, not knowing if chickens will "self select" which coop entrance (and thereby coop) to enter. I believe the base is set on cement and is 4x4x8. It looks like a skinny outhouse! He plans to built nests off of this, but I think he's going to have to add floor space. We have 10 chicks. The run is the good news it's 30x5 and we'll have them out in our yard at times,too.
The real concern is how to make a stacked coop design work. I can't get my head around 2 seperate living spaces or how to manage poop and roosting pit,for instance.
The hubby is a master carpenter so we can modify if need be.
Thank you!
The real concern is how to make a stacked coop design work. I can't get my head around 2 seperate living spaces or how to manage poop and roosting pit,for instance.
The hubby is a master carpenter so we can modify if need be.
Thank you!
Can you post pictures - sounds like an interesting design.
