2024, Front of Coop/Run
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My 3rd expansion is complete. I have 1 big 112 sq ft. coop with 2 interior rooms, roosting and nest boxes in one room, storage and baby chick to integration age in 2nd room., Chain Link Run approx. 500 sq ft; 2 fenced acres; Garden, River frontage and Mt. Hood National Forest.

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This is my Coop 2022. It started as a dog house in 2007 (see my dog house page.) I've expanded the dog house (twice,) as I've learned what is important to me and necessary. Important to me: ability to walk inside and do chores comfortably; clean nest boxes; easy poop clean up. Necessary: plenty of roost space; plenty of windows and ventilation; well insulated; predator proof. Expansion 1 = more room; Expansion 2 = 2 rooms; Expansion 3 = more room in room #1 (roost space.)

It started with the dog house (see Coop Evolution page.)

Thanks to expanding length not width, it's a long building, 2 separate rooms and a covered food area inside a large chain link run, mostly uncovered.
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I'm from Alaska, now living in Oregon on the Sandy River. I love to garden. My soil is almost pure sand, so I value chicken poo! My coop is designed with many things in mind but for sure poo collection and composting is one of them!

Rodent Control: Feral cat's in my garden
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Accomplished 2 separate rooms for 1)brooder/storage; 2)Roost's/Nestboxes
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And Poop Boards!!! Poop boards changed my life. WHY oh WHY did I not do this years ago?!

Initially I intentially left the flooring under the roost bars bare. But the "dirt/sand" floor was always wet. I finally figured out why poop boards are all the rage and read some very informative threads with pics on here/BYC and went for it (I'm going to go back and give credit where due to whom I think invented poop boards! For sure JT is the first that I saw and then DobieLover.) I filled in the open floor with foam board thick insulation in between treated 2x6 joists and laid plywood over. So now the floor is half tongue n groove in brooder side 1, painted plywood side 2, and it stays CLEAN!! I use sand and PDZ or Stall Fresh; Scoop poo daily into a bucket with a kitty litter rake and dump weekly in compost or directly into garden, under trees and bushes. This is now my #1 recommendation!
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More Ventilation... Ventilation on all 4 sides.....
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Brooder Room. Believe it or not THIS is the old Dog House......
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I added this little side door and outside ramp as option 2 for getting off roosts when I noticed my oldest, biggest hen having issues with the internal bench to floor system.

My chickens have a very large chain link kennel for summer time when I don't want them scratching up my garden. Then in fall, they free range every day through winter.
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Lavender Orpington Pullet and Cockerel
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In my brooder room enclosed with glass window and hardware cloth and I've ditched the heat lamp for a Mommy Hut (MHP, credit to Blooie!) And Credit to Azygous for amazing article on brooding happy chicks.
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Moose, my Ragdoll.....
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Some property pics.... Free-Ranging is Fall to Spring....
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Catch ya Later!!