Gwethrien
Songster
Another post about my Weasly Burrowesque style coop.
Where to put the roosts?
so for the one night they had the existing cross bar which one chicken used the others slept on the floor and pooped every where there wasnāt straw.
after cleaning it out I will lay linoleum, put in nest boxes and sand barriers and sand.
some constraints back wall is original coop front and has ventilation all across from floor up to about 24 inches. Most will get blocked by nest boxes and when weather starts turning I will do some draft tests to see if it needs to be more shut off. Right now we have multiple 100degree days so more air the better. Likewise on original coop when I flipped the pitch of the roof it created triangle openings starting at 22in from floor to 34in at where original coop back connects tonew wing. This is where the crossbar is that chicken roosted On last night. I planned to eliminate it. Though she actually positioned herself pretty close to vent triangle.
These vents are also a bit lower and I would consider blocking part of them off as well. Our winters are pretty mild a handful of just Below freezing Nights. We Can get a decent amount rain and wind. I went with idea that more ventilation was better because I can close vents off easier than creating more vents later.
new wing has ventilation all along top and around soffit. Lowest is 31 in from floor.
Plan was to put in 2 roost bars all the way across on inside stud at connection and at middle stud on new wing. See photo with drawing. The heights could be 12 in on back and 15 Front from human door perspective. I am going back and forth about different heights or same height.
There will be about 3in of sand on floor so roosts would be 9 and 12 in off sand.
These roosts would be at least 16 inches below a direct vent and 3-4 inches from any cross vent there would be just barely 12 in between roosts which is why Iām leaning toward varying heights to give more adjustment room chicken went on roost bar at 22 in level last night just fine.
There we have it. If you made it this far you deserve a medal. I welcome any advice including completely different arrangement of interior.
Where to put the roosts?
so for the one night they had the existing cross bar which one chicken used the others slept on the floor and pooped every where there wasnāt straw.
after cleaning it out I will lay linoleum, put in nest boxes and sand barriers and sand.
some constraints back wall is original coop front and has ventilation all across from floor up to about 24 inches. Most will get blocked by nest boxes and when weather starts turning I will do some draft tests to see if it needs to be more shut off. Right now we have multiple 100degree days so more air the better. Likewise on original coop when I flipped the pitch of the roof it created triangle openings starting at 22in from floor to 34in at where original coop back connects tonew wing. This is where the crossbar is that chicken roosted On last night. I planned to eliminate it. Though she actually positioned herself pretty close to vent triangle.
These vents are also a bit lower and I would consider blocking part of them off as well. Our winters are pretty mild a handful of just Below freezing Nights. We Can get a decent amount rain and wind. I went with idea that more ventilation was better because I can close vents off easier than creating more vents later.
new wing has ventilation all along top and around soffit. Lowest is 31 in from floor.
Plan was to put in 2 roost bars all the way across on inside stud at connection and at middle stud on new wing. See photo with drawing. The heights could be 12 in on back and 15 Front from human door perspective. I am going back and forth about different heights or same height.
There will be about 3in of sand on floor so roosts would be 9 and 12 in off sand.
These roosts would be at least 16 inches below a direct vent and 3-4 inches from any cross vent there would be just barely 12 in between roosts which is why Iām leaning toward varying heights to give more adjustment room chicken went on roost bar at 22 in level last night just fine.
There we have it. If you made it this far you deserve a medal. I welcome any advice including completely different arrangement of interior.
