Still covered in snow here! But we have new layer chicks growing inside and the grow light shelves are filled with little sprouts ready for the garden 🌱🌱 We are finalizing our plans to build a stationary coop for the chickens instead of the tractors we used last year as well as plans for an...
One other note: we have had 322 inches of snowfall so far this season and we probably aren’t done yet. 300 inches is average. I'm trying to do this in a way that makes things easier in the winter as we age. I welcome and appreciate any advice that helps us design this wisely!
Well, my husband is still working on the plans, but our thoughts on that would be to have stairs for us and a ramp for the chickens. My husband will build in a drop down door for shoving the deep bedding out in the Spring. :)
Hello all! Thanks for letting me join :)
I have a 14 hens and a rooster. A mixture of Americaunas, Cuckoo Maran, Wyandotte, Blue Sapphire Plymouth, Brahma, Buffs, etc. We got our first couple two years ago, so I'm still a relative newbie :) Looking forward learning! Thanks again.
Hey there! 👋 We are in the UP and doing the same thing this year! We plan to build ours about 4 feet off the ground because that's a pretty normal level of on-ground snow where we are for most of the winter. Easier to get into during the winter and a nice shady place for them to dust bathe in...