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Id go with the metal, i have it on both of my coops. I haven't had any heat issues with metal.

I sift it out every so often, but theres always a few twigs/pieces of mulch in it. Chickens are messy.

They do somewhat, but it helps to keep it from getting muddy. Plus it cuts down on the smell by helping break down the poop. Really any organic material in the run helps.

check with your city/town to see if you can get free wood chips. I actually just found a site called www.getchipdrop.com that offers woodchips for free from arborists.

I need to get a leaf collection system on mine, I'd be in heaven.

Throw any organic material in there (leaves, wood chips, grass clippings, etc) and have the chickens turn it into great soil/compost. I'll often just go into the run and sift some of the material into a bucket, and spread it on the plants. Just try and pick out any fresh poops in it.

Looks great, is the whole run covered by the roof?

Anywhere out of the rain, and has relatively easy access to

I'd go with pine shavings personally, then it can all go on the compost pile when it gets cleaned out.

I've got pavers as well underneath the legs of my 4x4 coop.

I use 1"x1" hardware cloth for the floor of my mobile coop. Works great, poop falls thru no problem. Chickens walk on it just fine, they mainly walk on the roosts. My design is a variation on Justin Rhodes chickshaw, so I'm not reinventing the wheel, many people use it on their floors no problem.

Great idea! I may have to incorporate something like that

Thanks for the feedback! I agree that there's a lot of folks who drone on forever. Im trying to keep them rather short, informative, and somewhat entertaining. The past few winters haven't been too snowy, but it still gets plenty cold here. I may close in the sides more for the winter to be...

If you don't have a fireplace, have a bonfire in your yard if you can. This is what i do in the summer for ashes.

Thanks! lots of good info here

you can throw pretty much any organic material in the run. There's nothing wrong with plain dirt, but giving them something to dig thru/find bugs is even better. Plus when it decomposes, you can use it as compost.

Id at least add some fireplace ash with that sand, since its free.

Hey, i wanted to show you guys our mobile coop design, and vlog we are just starting out. Any feedback would be appreciated.

check with your city/town, you may be able to get woodchips for free. I'm able to get a few loads each year and spread that in the run. Throw some leaves in there too in the fall, chickens love digging thru them.