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    Opossum in run at night

    I will have to check that, I suspect it’s about like (or wider) than a hog panel.
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    Opossum in run at night

    Yes, it’s plastic. A temporary situation while we build our home. We like that we can move it around easily. The main (we did have a neighbors dog attack once, just one minor injury) daytime predator pressure are hawks. I seem to have thwarted them by making narrow spaces in the run that a hawk...
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    Opossum in run at night

    Last night I caught a rather large opossum on our camera. It was out by the food and water in the (not predator proof) run. Chooks were all inside, apparently safe. I ordered a large live trap to catch it, then I guess we will have to shoot it drown it? What is a good bait? Cat food? To the...
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    Hi stinky, thanks. I’m planning to put a Dutch door on the garden side of the run. Did you build your own? I was trying to find some plans for my builder 🤞 I could even leave this whole wall open (hwc) and just tack up cardboard or feed bags during winter. Maybe I should leave the upper...
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    Thank you. Yes there will be a solid roof, with a ridge vent. I first had the idea of upward hinged shutters, but since I’m planning a 24” roof overhang, i don’t think there would be any added shelter ( unless the weather is coming in horizontally, in which case I think I would close them?) and...
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    So, I’ve rearranged a bit with the roosts/poopboard. Is there any downside to putting the (automated) pop door under the poopboard? The second photo is the wall of the structure which I’m struggling with how much to enclose. If I only count the soffits and coop “windows” (hwc with shutters for...
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    If I make the roof overhang 24”, do you think my shutters on the henhouse can swing outward, vs up? I thought up was better, bc you could crack them and still have shelter from wind and weather. But I think they may conflict with the soffits… Here is the side elevation with two shutter options...
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    Henhouse floor styles

    There are some dirtier places. And I am not miffed to move things around once a week or so, but the poopiest places are corners, and the worst one has some concrete blocks to try to dissuade that rat we had and is very difficult to deal with. Since it is very much open air, we never have ammonia...
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    Here is my updated floorplan with roosts & perch in blue and windows (hwc with shutters in coop with, glass in shed) in orange. is it looking ok? The poop board is 30” deep & 30” off the floor with a high (12” from wall) roost & the low one is 7” towards the middle from the high one. Is that...
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    Henhouse floor styles

    Thank you, the photos are very helpful! I think I’ve narrowed my floor down to dirt or subfloor with some coating. I definitely want a subfloor in the shed. @NatJ I think our problem with our current set up is the builder didn’t close off the coop area from the run up in the gable, and there...
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    Hi Appalachickens! We moved here 3 years ago and absolutely love it! Our current set up is very open, although I’ve shored it up with cardboard to minimize the wind I’m watching your build as well☺️
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    Henhouse floor styles

    I guess it has just been a ton of heavy volume to move out. Maybe it’s the wood chips. If we were to take it down (and we do want to harvest that soil they make) it would be 20+ wheelbarrows.
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    Henhouse floor styles

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    Henhouse floor styles

    What’s under the lineolium? Do the chooks slip around if they get down through the bedding?
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    Henhouse floor styles

    Thanks, we had a terrible battle with a giant rat last year. We finally won, but now the food is out in the run and we have to take it in every night. There is still plenty of compost out there, though. I sold hubs that my design would be less costly and more functional (with an added shed)...
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    Henhouse floor styles

    I’m designing our coop and have some decisions to make. I’m 50something and want minimal workload as we age & our kids fledge. So far we’ve used dirt floor with woodchips, hay, grass clippings, shredded paper, pine shavings, etc. it’s not bad, but it’s difficult to clean, if only once or twice a...
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    Is this where you found plans? https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924003138272&view=1up&seq=13&skin=2021
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    Thanks, Ted, I’m looking into that I am thinking of raising the floor on the coop portion so the chooks can hang out under there they spend several hours a day under a trailer in their run, so they like the cool, dry and safe from hawks spots. If I go with this idea, I would have Carolina...
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    I think the soffits will give 10 sq ft of ventilation and I will forgo windows for hardware cloth & shutters that lift up vs out so they can be cracked to various amounts during inclement weather. So that puts me up to 24sqft, without the run side (there will be more there, I just haven’t...
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    Mags’ New Forever Coop Build

    Thanks. I think I got the 1 ft per bird from Carolina coops: They (Carolina coops) say an 6x8’henhouse will accommodate 24 chooks with free ranging. And figured I could easily get 30 ft of roost with 8’ side walls & 12’ gable. I will bump the henhouse up to 8’x15’ (120sqft) How do I calculate...
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