Converting barn to chicken coop

[Mommarunyon]

Having to haul dirty bedding down the stairs and clean bedding back up would be a deal-breaker for me. I can handle the hill on our property with the gorilla cart, but no way am I doing stairs or ladders with the soiled shavings.

Can you possibly section off a portion of the ground floor for them?

We have several barns and buildings, I was just trying to make use of the top floor as we built it 25 years ago and haven't used it for anything.

 

[3KillerBs]

I'm thinking teenage labor to carry bedding up,

Speaking from experience, teenage labor grows up and moves out.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Speaking from experience, teenage labor grows up and moves out.

Not always in this day and age.
Some just move to the basement.

 

[Mommarunyon]

Speaking from experience, teenage labor grows up and moves out.

Very true! Twin 19 year Olds (I don't see ever leaving home, as they have some mental disabilities and I have adult guardianship, but I could be wrong. A 13 year old who has aspirations to pitch in college. She will definitely be leaving the moment she graduates. For the past 3 years she has planned to leave for college, preferably the university of alabama, crimson tide; however, she says we are going to move there together I know this will change but I still live hearing it

 

[rosemarythyme]

Speaking from experience, teenage labor grows up and moves out.

Ahh, I was thinking the same thing. I think every single plan I've seen for a 2nd floor coop includes "my teen(s) will do the lifting."