Chickens by Easter .... Maybe

[cavemanrich]

Where are you considering the ramps?? from pop doors to outside run,, or inside coop? If outside, then blocks set up as stairs work well. Chickens hop from one to next up with no problems.

 

[aart]

I do have a question on ramps though … what is the maximum angle the birds can handle and how wide should they be?

10-12" wide.
30-45° off horizontal.
16" block under low end saves space and lumber.

 

[45lk9p459gm-w]

Where are you considering the ramps?? from pop doors to outside run,, or inside coop? If outside, then blocks set up as stairs work well. Chickens hop from one to next up with no problems.

Both .... I hadn't thought of using blocks

 

[mowin]

Don't know if you did anything with the floor yet, but I'd leave it as it is.

 

[45lk9p459gm-w]

Not yet, but the plan is to cover the existing floor (on the coop side) with 1/2 inch plywood and paint. My reasoning is that If the top floor gets damaged or really smelly for some reason it would be really easy to pull it up and replace rather than having to go all the way down to the floor joist.

You into rabbits?

 

[mowin]

Not yet, but the plan is to cover the existing floor (on the coop side) with 1/2 inch plywood and paint. My reasoning is that If the top floor gets damaged or really smelly for some reason it would be really easy to pull it up and replace rather than having to go all the way down to the floor joist.

You into rabbits?

I don't think its necessary. I'd clean it really good and paint. Coop floors stay rather dry. The pine shavings absord the moisture from the poop. Good friend of mine coop is 20+ yrs old, and his floor is solid. If there soft spots, then I'd sheath over it.

Rabbits? No. What made you think that?

 

[LinzeeBrie]

Not yet, but the plan is to cover the existing floor (on the coop side) with 1/2 inch plywood and paint. My reasoning is that If the top floor gets damaged or really smelly for some reason it would be really easy to pull it up and replace rather than having to go all the way down to the floor joist.

You into rabbits?

Another vote in favour of just rolling out some vinyl flooring and tacking it down!! Your floor looks pretty great already, and plywood is so expensive these days! Vinyl is so easy to clean... (Or you could absolutely leave it as is and paint it, but I feel like you're wanting an extra layer for piece of mind?).

 

[45lk9p459gm-w]

Rabbits? No. What made you think that?

Your avitar image ... what is that on the pit?

 

[45lk9p459gm-w]

Another vote in favour of just rolling out some vinyl flooring and tacking it down!! Your floor looks pretty great already, and plywood is so expensive these days! Vinyl is so easy to clean... (Or you could absolutely leave it as is and paint it, but I feel like you're wanting an extra layer for piece of mind?).

All lumber is expensive now days ... even here in the Texas piney woods.

Peace of mind ... yes ... or maybe just the thought of trying to clean that floor enough for paint to stick. Vinyl flooring and I do not get along at all.

 

[LinzeeBrie]

Honestly, I think my vinyl probably looks the same as it did when I put it in three years ago! With a good layer of shavings on top, nothing ever gets down to it! Only reason I've cleaned it is to make sure there are no creepy crawlies . And yes, that's a baby cam app pointing at my nesting boxes

Editing to add: it was a used coop that I bleached and scrubbed. The floor is OSB (if I remember correctly!!). So I pressure washed it, bleached it, pressure washed it again, let it dry in the blazing heat, then tacked some leftover vinyl on I focused on making the outside pretty, and the inside functional . You've gotta do whatever you feel best about though! And yes, lumber prices everywhere are cringe-worthy . I'd LOVE to be building a new coop right now, but it's just not the right time