Best type of roost? Weigh in with your design opinion.

[Grandmas Coop]

TA~~DA~~~~ THEY ALL LOVE IT !!!!!! We will take the 1X4 ramp away when the 4week old Buffs can jump up.

 

[NikSmith]

Hey Anira, how high up are your rafters? My coop is 8x8x8 so the rafters would be 8ft up...i'm hoping they don't reach that!

 

[Varglet]

The rafters are probably 8 feet up (point of the roof would be about 10 feet up), but the coop used to be a shed, so there are shelves built in to two of the walls that they use to get up there. Let me see if I have a pic somewhere... I think they highest I've ever seen one of my birds jump/fly is 5+ feet, and that was my d'Uccle hen.

 

[topdog24]

For all of you chicken nuts, myself included, just an observation from everyone's post's and pictures, do you realize that although you think painting the inside of your coops is a good thing, maybe so if you are covering osb or plywood, which both contain none organic chemicals in the glue used adhere the wood chips or layers together, I worked in a plant that made both materials,sometimes our eyes would burn from fumes until dried, how ever some of those fumes will be released under wet or humid conditions, i think it is better for your chickens if you use untreated boards or metal siding where possible for everything but the floors and then you would paint it, i will be using natural dirt for my floor.I want chemical free chickens. I am old school, comments welcome

 

[topdog24]

Type in soy based wood sealant in your search bar, you can use a spray bottle to apply it on a warm day to allow for drying before your chickens go in at night, i wouldn't be too concerned with the floor, just the walls and ceiling

 

[LadyLion]

What does this poop hammock look like?