Check out my BYC page for pics on the progress we r making on converting an old smokehouse into a lovely chicken house for when my peeps are old enough to live outside!
converted smokehouse
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I've been waiting to see this.
Ok...I looked.
Nice!
Did I count 10 nest boxes? How many chicken do you plan to have in there?
Did I count 10 nest boxes? How many chicken do you plan to have in there?
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May I call u Taz? Thanks so much for the thumbs up! We r newbies and have never done anything like this before. We have done a lot of research tho because we wanted to try to make sure we were doing it right! Yes, there are 10 boxes, 14x14 each. We r hoping that all 20 peeps we ordered make it. 19 r SUPPOSED to b hens and one rooster. We r just concerned about temp in the building, because from all our research that seems to be THE biggest issue. The house is 11L x7W x10H. There r 2 covered vents near the floor on the East wall and then 2 vents in the ceiling on the west wall, plus the windows on every wall and the door has a screen in it. It will b fun trying to find the right combination of windows open/shut to make the girls and Roscoe comfy!
May I call u Taz? Thanks so much for the thumbs up! We r newbies and have never done anything like this before. We have done a lot of research tho because we wanted to try to make sure we were doing it right! Yes, there are 10 boxes, 14x14 each. We r hoping that all 20 peeps we ordered make it. 19 r SUPPOSED to b hens and one rooster. We r just concerned about temp in the building, because from all our research that seems to be THE biggest issue. The house is 11L x7W x10H. There r 2 covered vents near the floor on the East wall and then 2 vents in the ceiling on the west wall, plus the windows on every wall and the door has a screen in it. It will b fun trying to find the right combination of windows open/shut to make the girls and Roscoe comfy!
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May I call u Taz? Thanks so much for the thumbs up! We r newbies and have never done anything like this before. We have done a lot of research tho because we wanted to try to make sure we were doing it right! Yes, there are 10 boxes, 14x14 each. We r hoping that all 20 peeps we ordered make it. 19 r SUPPOSED to b hens and one rooster. We r just concerned about temp in the building, because from all our research that seems to be THE biggest issue. The house is 11L x7W x10H. There r 2 covered vents near the floor on the East wall and then 2 vents in the ceiling on the west wall, plus the windows on every wall and the door has a screen in it. It will b fun trying to find the right combination of windows open/shut to make the girls and Roscoe comfy!
Taz is fine.
I am currently building a new coop as well. I can tell you that 10 nest boxes are way too many. It is supposed to be 1 box per 4 hens, they like to share/fight over just a couple. I am using what could be "future" nest boxes as broody/isolation pens. I will be putting a cage door on the front. I think these will come in handy if I need to break a broody or if one is being disturbed while sitting. Any bullies could be put in "time out" without actualy being removed from the coop.
May I call u Taz? Thanks so much for the thumbs up! We r newbies and have never done anything like this before. We have done a lot of research tho because we wanted to try to make sure we were doing it right! Yes, there are 10 boxes, 14x14 each. We r hoping that all 20 peeps we ordered make it. 19 r SUPPOSED to b hens and one rooster. We r just concerned about temp in the building, because from all our research that seems to be THE biggest issue. The house is 11L x7W x10H. There r 2 covered vents near the floor on the East wall and then 2 vents in the ceiling on the west wall, plus the windows on every wall and the door has a screen in it. It will b fun trying to find the right combination of windows open/shut to make the girls and Roscoe comfy!
Taz is fine.
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Very Nice! I was worried about my coop getting too cold. We just completed it early February. It has lots of ventilation and it was very cold in there while I was painting and finishing it up. I am surprised how warm it stays in there now with all the wood shavings on the floor and 9 hens inside. (pics on my page) I put a heater in there and plugged it into a thermo-cube to turn on when it drops to 35 and turn off at 45. I have only seen it come on once, and that is when the winds were howling with gusts of 60 mph, the snow was deep, and the temperature was 9 degrees outside. It came on after I opened the door to gather eggs, and was only on a few minutes. I noticed on cold nights, a few of the girls will choose to sleep in the nesting boxes instead of the roosting bars.
Very Nice! I was worried about my coop getting too cold. We just completed it early February. It has lots of ventilation and it was very cold in there while I was painting and finishing it up. I am surprised how warm it stays in there now with all the wood shavings on the floor and 9 hens inside. (pics on my page) I put a heater in there and plugged it into a thermo-cube to turn on when it drops to 35 and turn off at 45. I have only seen it come on once, and that is when the winds were howling with gusts of 60 mph, the snow was deep, and the temperature was 9 degrees outside. It came on after I opened the door to gather eggs, and was only on a few minutes. I noticed on cold nights, a few of the girls will choose to sleep in the nesting boxes instead of the roosting bars.
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May I call u Taz? Thanks so much for the thumbs up! We r newbies and have never done anything like this before. We have done a lot of research tho because we wanted to try to make sure we were doing it right! Yes, there are 10 boxes, 14x14 each. We r hoping that all 20 peeps we ordered make it. 19 r SUPPOSED to b hens and one rooster. We r just concerned about temp in the building, because from all our research that seems to be THE biggest issue. The house is 11L x7W x10H. There r 2 covered vents near the floor on the East wall and then 2 vents in the ceiling on the west wall, plus the windows on every wall and the door has a screen in it. It will b fun trying to find the right combination of windows open/shut to make the girls and Roscoe comfy!
Taz is fine.
I am currently building a new coop as well. I can tell you that 10 nest boxes are way too many. It is supposed to be 1 box per 4 hens, they like to share/fight over just a couple. I am using what could be "future" nest boxes as broody/isolation pens. I will be putting a cage door on the front. I think these will come in handy if I need to break a broody or if one is being disturbed while sitting. Any bullies could be put in "time out" without actualy being removed from the coop.
Hi Taz!
We r starting out with 20 peeps and depending on how that goes might get some more...so that's y we decided to go ahead and build the nest boxes. I'm not sure what kind of peeps I'm going to get yet cuz I ordered an assortment...but that's a good idea about having a time out box! LOL
May I call u Taz? Thanks so much for the thumbs up! We r newbies and have never done anything like this before. We have done a lot of research tho because we wanted to try to make sure we were doing it right! Yes, there are 10 boxes, 14x14 each. We r hoping that all 20 peeps we ordered make it. 19 r SUPPOSED to b hens and one rooster. We r just concerned about temp in the building, because from all our research that seems to be THE biggest issue. The house is 11L x7W x10H. There r 2 covered vents near the floor on the East wall and then 2 vents in the ceiling on the west wall, plus the windows on every wall and the door has a screen in it. It will b fun trying to find the right combination of windows open/shut to make the girls and Roscoe comfy!
Taz is fine.
Hi Taz!
We r starting out with 20 peeps and depending on how that goes might get some more...so that's y we decided to go ahead and build the nest boxes. I'm not sure what kind of peeps I'm going to get yet cuz I ordered an assortment...but that's a good idea about having a time out box! LOL
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