Building Our New Coop

[Grandmas Coop]

As far as the coop floor / bedding as I said above the floor is dirt / chain link / dirt / sand / dirt / dirt. I sprinkled the pine shavings when I put the chicks in on Thur.
Friday afternoon they had scratched it all up so I sprinkled some more. Saturday I lightly applied wood stove ash and D.E.. They have scratched all of it in. Tomorrow , Monday, I will rake and add more shavings.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

WE GOT ALL THE FENCING DONE, THIS IS LOOKING OUT FROM THE INSIDE OF THE COOP

NOW I NEED TO PAINT

 

[henless]

Looking good!

 

[flowerchild59]

Very nice looking set up and coop you have there.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

thanks' you guys, it truly was a lot of work. We still need to put in 2 maybe 3 windows and paint. The 4 astrolrops are 4 weeks old now and don't sit much on the roost ( cedar tree limb ) I put in the coop for them. Maybe they will like roosting when they get a little bigger.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Well 6 months later I think with winter coming on I am going to change out all of the litter in the coop. I was going to do it today but it started pouring rain. I will wait for a dryer day and shovel out all of the old litter rake and clean up all poo. After that I will investigate how well things worked for the last 6 months.

More fun after the rain
B.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Well the deep litter method has been working just fine. It has been 7 months, it was getting a little smelly in the coop so I thought I would clean it out before winter rain sets in . I took 4 wheel barrels of poo / wood shavings out, raked and broke up any dirt clods, let that air out over night. The hens got in there and scratched the tar out of everything lololo. So today I took what wood ash I had from our wood stove and some Diatomaceous-earth, after re-raking I sprinkled the dirt with this and then put a nice layer of shavings. Boy do the hens like new shavings. This is an older photo I have painted the inside white .

 

[Kris64]

Thanks for sharing! Why a chain link fence and not hardware cloth? I was planning on a dirt floor deep-litter coop and range or run. The coop would be fresh air (open on one side).

 

[Grandmas Coop]

 

[Kiki]

Well we have the foundation laid. We are not putting in a traditional floor. We have sandy ground and it drains well. After we laid the fencing down, we added gravel; then sand, then a nice layer of garden soil. On top of that , after the coop is finished we will add shavings. This photo is showing the soil going over the sand and gravel.

@GrandmaDeKorte10
Does this look familiar?