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[MeepBeep]

Video of how easy it was to clean

Doesn't even look all that dirty, you might want to consider a poop board or litter box setup vs tossing all those clean wood chips away so often...

 

[OSDad]

Doesn't even look all that dirty, you might want to consider a poop board or litter box setup vs tossing all those clean wood chips away so often...

Yeah it wasn't too bad, I was actually looking to try out the scraper. I do have a second door I can scrape from right under the roosts.

 

[Spartan22]

Doesn't even look all that dirty, you might want to consider a poop board or litter box setup vs tossing all those clean wood chips away so often...

2x! Or you just showing in the video how easy it is to clean the coop?

 

[OSDad]

Hi again, here is my coop. After doing a bunch of research and getting some ideas this is what I came up with. Let me give you the tour.

Two large doors to the "living quarters" Height perfect for getting my tractors trailer underneath.

Storage area


Space for my winter watering system


Back view, I built it up off the ground to let the birds get in out of the sun.


Heavy Latch with stopper on the Nest box door


Space for five!




I put a window in to get some natural light

Coop with 12ft + space under the coop


Inside you can see the nest boxes, light on a timer, roosts. I have since added another roost


This is my watering system. BEST THING EVER!!! It is hooked to the garden hose through a toilet float valve in the bucket. When the water level drops it automatically fills. It is the gravity fed into the coop and into the run with PVC piping and poultry watering nipples.

 

[junebuggena]

Hi again, here is my coop. After doing a bunch of research and getting some ideas this is what I came up with. Let me give you the tour.

Two large doors to the "living quarters" Height perfect for getting my tractors trailer underneath.

Storage area


Space for my winter watering system


Back view, I built it up off the ground to let the birds get in out of the sun.


Heavy Latch with stopper on the Nest box door


Space for five!




I put a window in to get some natural light

Coop with 12ft + space under the coop


Inside you can see the nest boxes, light on a timer, roosts. I have since added another roost


This is my watering system. BEST THING EVER!!! It is hooked to the garden hose through a toilet float valve in the bucket. When the water level drops it automatically fills. It is the gravity fed into the coop and into the run with PVC piping and poultry watering nipples.

Great job, but you're going to need more ventilation, especially for winter.

 

[OSDad]

The eves are vented I'm hoping that will be enough?

 

[junebuggena]

The eves are vented I'm hoping that will be enough?

Depends on if you left the eaves completely open and only covered with hardware cloth, all the way around.

 

[TerryH]

The eves are vented I'm hoping that will be enough?

Generally accepted rule of thumb is 1 sq.ft. of permanent ventilation per chicken.

 

[MeepBeep]

The eves are vented I'm hoping that will be enough?

What is the square footage of venting total for the coop and how many birds in the coop?

Generally you want high and low vents to allow fresh air from the low vents to enter and replace the humid and ammonia filled air above that is vented out through the high vents... In all passive venting systems you really need an intake and outtake located opposite each other to create a proper flow of air through the structure..

 

[OSDad]

Wouldn't low vents cause a cold air draft during winter months?