This is the coop I purchased and will be assembling in the next few days.
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/innovation-pet-deluxe-farm-house-chicken-coop-up-to-8-chickens
I got it with another 25 percent off the sale price.. I know I could have built cheaper and potentially a little...
I just through they might like to have some coarse sand for dusting purpose. I plan to do a deep compost are as well.. maybe I could make the sandy area even a bit smaller. My run is 3.5 foot by 7. Maybe I'll just do a 16x16 square inch sand box.
In the run part of my coop I plant to do the back 1/4 coarse grain masonry sand with a boarder and the front 3/4 will be just dirt with compost with lawn clippings and stuff for them to scratch and dig through. But I'm not sure which area should I try to hand a roosting bar over.. the...
I have a couple of questions about floor coverings. I see most people recommending the use of store bought pine shavings. in the brooder and coop.. and hay or straw being mentioned for use in the laying basket area.
Being fro south Georgia I have pine trees everywhere. Would pinestraw...