yellowswirl
Chirping
- Mar 19, 2015
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We live in North Florida, very hot and very humid in the summer. We're leaning towards native dirt in the run and pine shavings in the coop. I've read a lot on here that people use sand in the coop. But, I really like the idea of the deep litter method with pine shavings in the coop so we can use it as compost. But, would this be too hot for them in the summer?
Here's our almost finished coop, we're still making our run. We've decided that we only want to use materials we have. So far so good. Only had to buy the hardware cloth, hinges and the 1x4's for the roof.
these white boards are the coop part where we'll close up the girls at night. it's about 4' x 5'.
during the day they will have access to the underneath part, a large attached run and the yard if we're home.
thanks so much for any insight!
Here's our almost finished coop, we're still making our run. We've decided that we only want to use materials we have. So far so good. Only had to buy the hardware cloth, hinges and the 1x4's for the roof.
these white boards are the coop part where we'll close up the girls at night. it's about 4' x 5'.
during the day they will have access to the underneath part, a large attached run and the yard if we're home.
thanks so much for any insight!
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