Temperance87
In the Brooder
Hi Everyone,
Im a first time chicken owner and i built a coop/run with a dog kennel. I have a roost with a sand box/poop board underneath of it. I will build nesting boxes when they get closer to laying age. Everything is predator proofed top bottom and sides. How do you control the poop in the rest of the run area? Am I missing anything? Suggestions and opinions welcome.
ETA: I will be putting more slats in the chainlink on the far side to match. The black fabric is landscape fabric, it holds out the wind and keeps weeds from growing into my sandbox. Also I have a heat lamp out there as it does still get cold at night and they are about 6 wk old. Also once they get used to their new home and we finish our fence they will be let outside of the run while I am outside or they are supervised. we have a neighbor who lets his chickens run all around his propperty but I am not that brave!
Im a first time chicken owner and i built a coop/run with a dog kennel. I have a roost with a sand box/poop board underneath of it. I will build nesting boxes when they get closer to laying age. Everything is predator proofed top bottom and sides. How do you control the poop in the rest of the run area? Am I missing anything? Suggestions and opinions welcome.
ETA: I will be putting more slats in the chainlink on the far side to match. The black fabric is landscape fabric, it holds out the wind and keeps weeds from growing into my sandbox. Also I have a heat lamp out there as it does still get cold at night and they are about 6 wk old. Also once they get used to their new home and we finish our fence they will be let outside of the run while I am outside or they are supervised. we have a neighbor who lets his chickens run all around his propperty but I am not that brave!
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