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It's a thought...to keep the wire floor. We do get frost in the mornings (about 30% of he time). It gets down to about 17 degrees on occasion. I'm in Sonoma county (wine country). I think I'll do the strips, with the potential of covering the whole floor, and try out the 2/3rd coverage. If...

It's off the ground. It's about 3 1/2 x 4 ft sitting on a frame. Our winters are fairly mild. The wire looks sturdy...I just wouldn't want to stand on wire and it seems that most of the designs I've looked at had a floor. I like the idea of adding a couple of strips of plywood. We're adding a...

Good Idea. Thanks! Maybe put a couple of strips of tiled plywood so that I can take out and pressure wash and leave about a 1/3rd of the bottom wire so that I can sweep the chips and poop out easily. Although, with all of the scratching, they'll probably do most of that for me.

I just bought my first 2 chicks (Ameraucanas). I had a coop delivered last Sunday that I bought off Craigs List. It has a wire floor. Should I add a solid bottom to it? It doesn't seem correct that they won't have something solid to run around on (except for the nesting boxes). It also has...