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post #1 of 9
1/30/12 at 1:18am
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I have a 12X14 dog run converted to the chicken yard.  I built a coop that is 4X6 and put a wire floor 4X4. is wire a mistake?

 

the wire is 3.5 inches of the ground

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post #2 of 9
1/30/12 at 5:09am

How do you clean up the poop underneath?  Photos?

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post #3 of 9
1/30/12 at 4:17pm
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How do you clean up the poop underneath?  Photos?

Not to mention wire will allow drafts to get in as well
 

 

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post #4 of 9
1/30/12 at 4:28pm

I think that's a good idea. You might could enclose the bottom and put in a door large enough to get your scoop/shovel in to clean up. 

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post #5 of 9
1/30/12 at 4:28pm

Well, 3.5 inches off of the ground, will allow for some critters to get under, and possibly grab one of your chickens by the leg and start eating from the leg up... I have seen coops with wire floors. I personally don't mind it, but I wouldn't use it since I live in Michigan and need to be able to keep my coop draft free in the winter. BUT if I were to use a wire floor, I would make sure that nothing could get under the wire. Its nice to be able to take a hose to the floor area of the coop to just wash away the poop though.

At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

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At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

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post #6 of 9
1/30/12 at 5:06pm

Please be careful putting chicks in a brooder with a single wire floor. I had chicks on a 1/2 hardware cloth floor a few years ago after about a month i went out to feed one morning and found that something had eaten the toes off some of the chicks. The only thing i could figure was that rats had climbed the legs of the brooder and hung upside down to do the dastardly deed. After putting in a double floor about 1" apart no more problem. I will never use a single floor again.he.gif

 

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post #7 of 9
1/30/12 at 8:23pm
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Sorry the 3.5 inches is only the 2x4 holding it up, so no draft or critter problem.  Thought in the heat it could be raised some to vent the coop.

The nest boxes come completly off to sweep or shovel.

With the coop 4x6 with 4 foot walls it can be tipped up with minimal effort.

The floor wire is 1/4 inch square, thought the birds would break it up and fall through

 


Edited by majalemon - 1/30/12 at 8:25pm
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post #8 of 9
1/30/12 at 10:41pm
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Please be careful putting chicks in a brooder with a single wire floor. I had chicks on a 1/2 hardware cloth floor a few years ago after about a month i went out to feed one morning and found that something had eaten the toes off some of the chicks. The only thing i could figure was that rats had climbed the legs of the brooder and hung upside down to do the dastardly deed. After putting in a double floor about 1" apart no more problem. I will never use a single floor again.he.gif

 

I will do double floor as well.  Great advice.



 

 

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post #9 of 9
1/30/12 at 10:52pm

 

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The floor wire is 1/4 inch square, thought the birds would break it up and fall through

Not much is going to fall through the wire.

I'd put a solid floor

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