Coop too close to the house?

[welasharon]

I have two pens in my front yard. I have 10 chickens in one and just got three seramas in the other. My pens are open air since I am in FL. The runs are covered and have sand in them. Dry chicken poop doesn't smell so much...wet howeever stinks to high heaven. I love having mine nearby so I can sit on the porch and watch them.
sharon

 

[twister]

Must consider tracking in the bedding and flys and noise

 

[elizabethbinary]

Sometimes I think my house IS the coop.. but mine is just in the backyard... the smell comes from the ducks, not the chickens. Hensong can be a little loud, but I love it.

 

[roncrna]

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But these ceramic heat lamps get extremely hot. I use these with my new chicks and it works great. But I put one in my outside coop and didn't secure the lamp well enough and it fell and burnt the coop to the ground. Thankfully I left the coop door open into the run and the chicks escaped. Just be sure that the lamp is secured well and a good distance from the wood shavings or whatever you use in the coop.

 

[turbo13]

I made a mistake. my coop is a converted garden shed that attached to the rear of my house.The problem is that both the clothes dryer and the bathroom exhaust are in the coop. My clothes started to smell like pine shavings,and the bathroom smells the same.I fixed the dryer by putting a dryer tube on that intake .but the bathroom exhaust fan is too far from the outside wall not sure as what to do about it.I clean the coop each day,so that helps.don't want guests looking for eggs in the lower tv room. only have 3 hens.

 

[BorderKelpie]

THe other issue you may want to look into: is there an ordanance where you live regarding outdoor structures and/or livestock housing close to a 'human house?'

Where I grew up, we had an issue because we were housing a sick sheep temporarily next to the house in a makeshift shelter. We were advised by the code enforcement officer (who was really sweet and just afvised us - no citation or anything) that all livestock were to be kept a min of 50 ft from all human living areas.

I would just check on that before you invest in a coop and find out the hard way that you have to move it or get fined.

Other than that, enjoy your endeaver! and

 

[elmo]

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Remember, though, that it is rarely necessary to provide supplemental heat for adult, standard breed chickens. They do need a dry, adequately ventilated but draft free coop, though.

 

[Judy]

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Agreed. Plenty of information on here on this subject. Even in Alaska, people do not normally heat coops; I believe somewhere around minus 25 is when heat is considered.

I would not hesitate to put a coop near my house. Really, I wish mine were closer, and it is only maybe 200' away.

 

[B'villechicken]

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Agreed. Plenty of information on here on this subject. Even in Alaska, people do not normally heat coops; I believe somewhere around minus 25 is when heat is considered.

I would not hesitate to put a coop near my house. Really, I wish mine were closer, and it is only maybe 200' away.

I heat my coop only when it gets 15-20 below. I have 7 red sex-links.

David

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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Now if you had TEN chickens or a rooster that would be WAY to close. Three will be no problem.