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  1. OldMacDonald

    Easy to clean material for coop floor- HELP!

    shanefus - I hear a lot of predators like raccoons can tear right through chicken wire. You may want to look into that before you lose your chickens!
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    Easy to clean material for coop floor- HELP!

    Hey aggie- tell me more about your meal worm colony!
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    Easy to clean material for coop floor- HELP!

    The wall on the back of the coop (behind the roost) is vinal siding because the coop is built right against a sided shed. It should be very easy to clean. Maybe I should use vinyl siding on the floor instead of the Formica counter top? I have quite a bit of it left over from the house. Of course...
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    Easy to clean material for coop floor- HELP!

    MeowCluckBark- Laminate flooring is a great idea. I use it for bench tops because it's hard, flat and durable. But nothing sticks to it. You may not want to use that poly. It may just flake off! Besides, it's already got a coating, so it should be fine without it. As for moisture underneath my...
  5. OldMacDonald

    Easy to clean material for coop floor- HELP!

    The idea would be that the Formica would not let water get to the particle board. That's how a kitchen counted is kept safe.
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    Easy to clean material for coop floor- HELP!

    Hottchick- That's a good point. I love to see my pets (two cats, two dogs) slide on the hardwood floor when they try and take a corner too fast. Maybe I should put a webcam in the coop...
  7. OldMacDonald

    Easy to clean material for coop floor- HELP!

    Really- HOW big of an issue is slippery surfaces in the coop? I mean, it's a small coop (3' X 10') and they won't be running laps in there! I will likely use wood shavings and straw for litter and they'll have a roost to get up on if they don't want to "skate" around... If I have to put...
  8. OldMacDonald

    Easy to clean material for coop floor- HELP!

    Linoleum sounds ok- but Formica is what I have. Do you really think it will be more slippery than linoleum?
  9. OldMacDonald

    Easy to clean material for coop floor- HELP!

    WOW- this forum is like a chicken university! Still building my first coop and after talking to the experts here I changed my design. I had originally planned to have a wire floor for the chicken "house" for easy cleaning. Anyway, with that idea disposed of I was trying to find another good...
  10. OldMacDonald

    Cold Climate Coop- What do I do?

    Fred- I want the coop warm enough that the hens will keep laying, even if they slow down. It occasionally gets below zero, but normally it's in the teens or so at night. I would prefer not to heat it if possible, instead relying on the chickens' body heat. It's a small coop- 3' deep, 10' long...
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    Cold Climate Coop- What do I do?

    I realize what ventilation means (BTW- many say that good ventilation comes from near the floor and out the roof because it moves air from the entire space whereas air moving from the eves out the peak is efficient mostly at the top of the coop- and air coming from the floor and out the top is...
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    Cold Climate Coop- What do I do?

    So you leave your vents open and it stays warm enough in there?
  13. OldMacDonald

    Cold Climate Coop- What do I do?

    I'm new at this, and have been designing & building my coop this week as my chicks are toasting themselves under the heat lamp in the garage. My question is simple- In a cold climate (Michigan gets pretty cold in the winter) how do I balance the need to keep the coop warm with the need to keep...
  14. OldMacDonald

    Letting your birds wander- How high should the fence be?

    Not serious. But It was such a funny picture in my mind that I posted it as a seperate thread in the forum. Maybe bring some humor to this place...
  15. OldMacDonald

    If I cut my chickens' wings off, will they grow back?

    I love chicken wings. Nice and spicy, with some blue cheese... wow! My question is, if I "harvest" my chickens' wings, will they grow back? I've heard of starfish and other creatures who can regrow appendages and I think it would be nice if we could breed a chicken with an endless supply of...
  16. OldMacDonald

    Letting your birds wander- How high should the fence be?

    What if I just cut the entire wing off? Could they still make it over the fence?
  17. OldMacDonald

    Genealogy, OMG, please stop me.

    Turns out a LOT of family stories are just stories. Almost every family says they cam from two or three brothers who arrived in America a long time ago. My family thought that. After a decade of research (and about $5,000) I found out the truth. Of course the truth can often be much more...
  18. OldMacDonald

    Letting your birds wander- How high should the fence be?

    Mdbokc- Unfortunately, few cities (or even small towns like mine) allow fences higher than six feet. So the question is, if I have nice fat pullets, and I clip their wings, will they be able to get over that fence? A chicken usually needs a running start, don't they? The garden boxes are right...
  19. OldMacDonald

    Letting your birds wander- How high should the fence be?

    By the way- I have only a few pullets for egg laying.
  20. OldMacDonald

    Letting your birds wander- How high should the fence be?

    If you think I'm serious about tying weights to their legs I may be in the wrong forum... All humor aside, if I clip their wings, would that keep them from jumping two feet onto the garden boxes and then four feet more (without a running start) up over the fence?
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