Coop pics****

Specialk1979 · Aug 24, 2014

Purchased the coop unfinished, built the run, it's completely hardware meshed, top to bottom.

moss farm · Aug 25, 2014

Specialk1979 said:
Purchased the coop unfinished, built the run, it's completely hardware meshed, top to bottom.

Really nice coop & run.

miquwid · Aug 25, 2014

Well done

moss farm · Aug 25, 2014

moss farm said:
Really nice coop & run.

Where was your coop purchase from ? Individual or a company ?

Specialk1979 · Aug 26, 2014

Thank you. We purchased the coop at an Agway in NH, I believe they worked with a local builder.

gilcamp4 · Aug 27, 2014

ok we are done with coops and runs,

the middle is the run for winter and bad weather when hey can not come out, there will be a door from both coops into run, of course they have the fenced in yard to run in good weather. d is out there now putting the roof on, I painted it this morning, may get something to put on the floors.

Mommy Hen 14 · Sep 3, 2014

AtomicChicklets said:
@Mommy Hen 14
Sorry I didn't see this sooner! We used sweet pdz over a spare box of laminate tiles we found. It's worked amazingly well all summer and there's NO smell!! I go through it with a kitty fine scoop or hand held spaghetti strainer once a week or two. I just add a little more when it looks low. I've only bought about 50 pounds total and still have 1/2 a bag left. So it is pretty cheap to do The run has a mix of sand and pdz and regular old dirt and I throw in tall grass clippings. They seems to enjoy that, though we let them free range as much as possible! I rake the run out when I notice it looks yucky or damp and throw a couple sand pails full of sand/pdz. We did try food garage DE but it was SO dusty my eyes would hurt. I really can't say enough about the pdz!

I see you use the sand method. Which sand do you use (sandbox river etc?) and how often do you swap out?

Beautiful coop !