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  1. Puckaster

    New chicks. Floor or coop?

    My hen and her new chicks don't like to go into the coop at night. The last 2 nights I have picked chicks and mum up from the floor of the run and had to put them into there coop, much to mum's annoyance, and a great deal of pecking. The coop has a gentle sloop to about 8 inch off the ground...
  2. E

    Coop Floor

    Hi! We are in the process of completing a new coop for our chickens. One of the concerns I have is the floor. It is currently plywood and I know that isn't going to be fun to clean! I was thinking about using linolium, but I am concerned that it might be too slippery for the chickens if the...
  3. Feranix

    Question about Flooring

    I bought a house back in March that came with a shed that was turned into a coop prior to me living there. They had taken the nesting boxes with them so I am kind of working with a shell. They have a small section of the coop blocked off in the back and I was told it was used as a brooder and I...
  4. Sussex123

    Duck and Chicken Health

    I have some chickens and ducks. They all share a big house and run together. In the last few weeks the they have started to get sore legs. 1 has two bad legs were it does not walk unless i walk near it and then it walks like a robot. 2 chickens with 1 sore leg and hobbles along and 1 duck with...
  5. V

    Help with coop floor and wall please

    Hello all. I am turning a three sided old horse structure into a coop. Going to make the walls align, no cracks or openings. But I need help with ideas for the floor and best way to build the front wall for the coop. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thank you.
  6. M

    Duck pen -Safe Flooring

    Hi ya'll! I'm new to this group as well as a new Pekin Duck owner (adopted 3 from shelter). We bought a 10x10 chain link dog pen to keep them and covered the top with welded wire and the bottom with 2x3 inch PVC coated wire.The entire pen is set directly on the lawn. Is the PVC wire safe for...
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