Thank you for showing your updates and how you improved on the original concept.
A Desert Oasis Updated 03/2024
- Author igorsMistress
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- desert coop open air coop
Great work, you have given me some ideas, i already have a ramp from the roost to the nest boxes but now i'm going to add another from the nest boxes to the floor, much easier on my large girls i think.
Poop ledge under roosts, i have been thinking of doing that but still unsure. Do you find the girls scratch around in it ?
Your girls look very happy
Poop ledge under roosts, i have been thinking of doing that but still unsure. Do you find the girls scratch around in it ?
Your girls look very happy
igorsMistress
Thank you so much for your kind review!
igorsMistress
Thank you Meg!
When it's summer here sometimes I think snow might not be so bad.
When it's summer here sometimes I think snow might not be so bad.
igorsMistress
Thank you! I'm so glad you've been inspired. I've kept up to 12 birds in this coop.
The mister doesn't create a mudhole, I have it pointed straight out in front of a fan. The air is cooled but not wet. My conditions are extremely dry. Honestly though, my chickens seem to prefer loose soil that is damp not wet for dustbaths and mud puddles for wading. The fan and mister are a sort of swamp cooler for the coop once temps are above 110*
The mister doesn't create a mudhole, I have it pointed straight out in front of a fan. The air is cooled but not wet. My conditions are extremely dry. Honestly though, my chickens seem to prefer loose soil that is damp not wet for dustbaths and mud puddles for wading. The fan and mister are a sort of swamp cooler for the coop once temps are above 110*
igorsMistress
Thanks for your review!
We don't have digging predators. Birds of prey and neighborhood cats are our concern here. If we did there would be a perimeter of hwc but we didn't feel it was necessary.
We don't have digging predators. Birds of prey and neighborhood cats are our concern here. If we did there would be a perimeter of hwc but we didn't feel it was necessary.
igorsMistress
Thank you so much for the nice review!
igorsMistress
Thank you, and thanks for checking it out!
igorsMistress
Thanks for reading NFC, and for help with the title too!