- Apr 9, 2012
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Hi everyone,
I haven’t had a chicken in over a decade. I’m watching my uncle’s chickens for 10 days while they are on vacation, and it is making me reminisce about those good times.
The reason we don’t have chickens anymore is because our rooster disturbed the neighbors, so we had to get rid of all of our chickens.
However, I only want to keep hens this time.
The main concern of mine is about the clean up. We have space to build a nice coop, but the floor is brick (is this a problem?) I’m just imagining it being a problem.
Is there a system that would allow me to have chickens with easy clean up?
I’d only want 3-4 hens at most. It’s more of caring for them and letting them run outside that I enjoy. We don’t have any plants or vegetation that would risk getting eaten, and we have gates all around. Not that many predators, but they’d still need to be safe at night.
This coop is my uncle’s (I know it’s too small), but the photo is just to show the space and floor.
Ps I haven’t fully decided on getting chickens. Having a clean area is a priority, so honestly I’m leaning toward no, but I’m just hoping someone will give me a good idea on making this work cleaning-wise.
I haven’t had a chicken in over a decade. I’m watching my uncle’s chickens for 10 days while they are on vacation, and it is making me reminisce about those good times.
The reason we don’t have chickens anymore is because our rooster disturbed the neighbors, so we had to get rid of all of our chickens.
However, I only want to keep hens this time.
The main concern of mine is about the clean up. We have space to build a nice coop, but the floor is brick (is this a problem?) I’m just imagining it being a problem.
Is there a system that would allow me to have chickens with easy clean up?
I’d only want 3-4 hens at most. It’s more of caring for them and letting them run outside that I enjoy. We don’t have any plants or vegetation that would risk getting eaten, and we have gates all around. Not that many predators, but they’d still need to be safe at night.
This coop is my uncle’s (I know it’s too small), but the photo is just to show the space and floor.
Ps I haven’t fully decided on getting chickens. Having a clean area is a priority, so honestly I’m leaning toward no, but I’m just hoping someone will give me a good idea on making this work cleaning-wise.