Distance of coop from house?

[thegoogers]

Just curious. How far away is your coop from your home? Do you have any smelly problems?

We are building our coop this weekend and wanted some input.

Thanks!

 

[ncCHICKS]

Well, We have a chicken tractor that is right by my window, probably 3 ft away. It doesn't stink, I scrub it out about once a week. I'm building my realy coop about 20 foot from the house, so that I dont' hear their conversations, but can keep an eye on them.

 

[Opa]

Mine is 150' from the house and no odor.

 

[dixiechick]

75-100' from our back door...no odor, just the closest shady spot.

 

[cmom]

I move my coop and chicken yard about every 3 months approx. I use FOOD GRADE Diatomaceous Earth (DE)in my coop in their run and where they like to dust bath. In their coop I sprinkle DE on the pine shavings. Also my roosts in my coop are over wire which allows the poop through and I sprinkle the DE over the poop too. The pine shavings are on the floor in the rest of the coop. Monthly I add some shavings and weekly I add DE. I clean my coop once a year. Once in awhile I throw some scratch on the shaving with the DE and let the chickens mix it up. They so a very good job. I have no problems with flies, stink and such. My pine shavings stay nice and dry easy to clean out. I put them in my compost pile. which every once in awhile I give a toss to keep it mixed up with the other stuff that goes in. sprinkle with water and let it cook. I grow so much produce that I give most of it away or the chickens get it. My soil is low in acid so I think the pine shavings and poop are good for my soil. I store my DE in 5-gal buckets with lids.

 

[Momma_Cluck]

Ours is 50 feet from the house, totally insulated and enclosed (with 2 large windows) and no smell-- even IN the coop... I believe the deep layering with added D.E. and good venting is why...

Now the box of chicks in my daughters room is a whole other issue-- keeping it dry is a problem (They swing on the waterer and dump it daily) and THAT causes bad odors.... and has to be cleaned 4-5x a week... they are going to the coop tomorrow or Saturday-- then there will be only the 2 "special babies" in the house...much less mess/odor!

 

[cmom]

Momma_Cluck, I love your avitar.

 

[ChandlersChickens]

Mine is about 5 feet from the house. There is no odor from it...the only odor is because they come onto the back porch and poop right by the back door.

I just sweep it up when it's dry...or hose the porch off.

 

[thegoogers]

Thanks so much for all the input!! I will be looking into DE

Once a year sounds FANTASTIC!

taciturnity: sounds like something that would happen to me HA!

 

[redoak]

Mine was 150 feet from the house for the summer (parked in the shade). Now it's 75 feet from the house and still no odor.