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1/2" hardware cloth everywhere something could get in.
Pics would help.
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1/2" hardware cloth everywhere something could get in.
Pics would help.
LOVELY starting point.
You could build it out in so many ways.
Rats like to chew through wood, bury some hardware cloth about a foot deep and a foot up along the entire length of the floor.
Cover the an openings with hardware cloth too. To help keep predators out.
You have the advantage of a great place to start from when building a coop. I am sure plenty of the more experienced among us look at this space and go crazy thinking about how many more chicken we could add to that space! For sure read up on predator proofing, add roosts, keep the dirt floor and consider adding more dirt for easy cleanups, consider layer boxes when and if that will be appropriate for you. So many yada yadas!
You have the advantage of a great place to start from when building a coop. I am sure plenty of the more experienced among us look at this space and go crazy thinking about how many more chicken we could add to that space! For sure read up on predator proofing, add roosts, keep the dirt floor and consider adding more dirt for easy cleanups, consider layer boxes when and if that will be appropriate for you. So many yada yadas!
But before building or adding anything what are your goals in chicken keeping? Broilers for the oven, breeding show quality stock, pest control, companionship, tell us what you want out of your chicken. Of course if just eggs that is a goal as well.
Edit- said dirt meant sand
Thanks will take your advise.Might want to put up a 'ceiling' at top of stall walls...2x2 'rafters' with HC attached.
Along the back wall you could add a roost bar (and ladder) with a poop tray under it and then under that add a few nest boxes.
Keeping them on the same wall will save space.
On a different wall you could build a grow out pen/jail.