Building a new coop

[junkman56]

Which means it went well?
No bullying from feed or water?
I assume you still have feed and water in the chicks area as well as in the main area?

No bullying
Once I took down the wall, the coop became one big area, I do still have both feeders in there, and one waterer, I probably should put both waterer in also

 

[aart]

No bullying
Once I took down the wall, the coop became one big area, I do still have both feeders in there, and one waterer, I probably should put both waterer in also

Good!
Even tho they are pretty much integrated...the 'places to hide' and 'multiple feed and water stations' are good to have. They youngers will remain a 'sub-flock' until they start laying.

 

[junkman56]

Good!
Even tho they are pretty much integrated...the 'places to hide' and 'multiple feed and water stations' are good to have. They youngers will remain a 'sub-flock' until they start laying.

I got both feeders and waterers inside the coop, they have plenty of places to go hide out in the run,

 

[junkman56]

Couple photos of hens and chick's together
Taken from screen shots from alfred cam

 

[aart]

Great that they are tolerating the youngsters!

 

[junkman56]

Great that they are tolerating the youngsters!

That makes me happy
Each day gets a little better

 

[slbenter]

This has been very helpful, thank you for sharing this build. My soon to be coop will be a similar size.
I have a question about those lower floor vents. Wouldn't cold drafts coming in, be a concern for the hens if they happen to be milling around, not on their roosts?

 

[junkman56]

This has been very helpful, thank you for sharing this build. My soon to be coop will be a similar size.
I have a question about those lower floor vents. Wouldn't cold drafts coming in, be a concern for the hens if they happen to be milling around, not on their roosts?

Thank you,
I have doors on the lower vents
( not shown in the pictures ), so I can close them if the weather gets to bad. Other than that I leave a couple cracked open for fresh air to help move the old stale air out on top. My chickens seem to be on the floor quite a bit, and it doesn't seem to bother them at all, I feel it is important to have low vents in the coop. I will take a picture today and post the doors.

 

[junkman56]

Here are a couple pictures of the low vents

This is the Southside of the coop

This is the rear of the coop

 

[aart]

Here are a couple pictures of the low vents

Those are NICE!!