Nice brooder meganpugh!
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Sounds like a great coop! Might I humbly suggest you use pine shavings instead of straw? Straw doesn't decompose easily in a coop, can turn to cement & easily harbours mites. Pine shavings are a lot more fluffier, will decompose easier & mites don't seem to like them much.we had an old pump house that was 12ft X 8 ft that we transformed into a coop. It has a concrete floor, we insulated the sides and put plywood up for walls. We then cut a 4ft X 3 ft window in one side for light and ventilation. It just has screening on it at the moment but we will put a double pane window in there before fall. We still have to insulate the roof and install a vent up there yet. I plan on having a chicken run built for them in the next 2 weeks. We already have a cut out in the wall to access the chicken run. (it's boarded up at the moment while my babies grow). I plan on having a deep bed of straw over the winter, 2 or 3 heat lamps as well as a heated waterer. I will post pics soon but it's still abit of a work in progress. It'll be done before fall but not before the chickens start running around in the run so we can get access better.
Sounds like a great coop! Might I humbly suggest you use pine shavings instead of straw? Straw doesn't decompose easily in a coop, can turn to cement & easily harbours mites. Pine shavings are a lot more fluffier, will decompose easier & mites don't seem to like them much.
I've been out "much" in my life since "leaving the farm". Never been happier than learning chicken / duck math all over again! I quit the Rat Race one day when I realized there's no glory in out running a rat unless its trying to eat you. Now the only races are the ones that start when I throw a tomato into the run and one of the chickens tries to keep the whole thing for themselves. LOL they never learn.Once you get an incubator, I have found where the term 'chicken math' really comes from! So addictive & so much fun! I've got 18 eggs in right now. 8 days until hatch day! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Yeah, I don't get out much. Lol!