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I have to really fight off chicken math every time I go to TSC for supplies! They have had some really nice breeds this spring. But, I am not buying anymore unvaccinated chicks! šŸ™
I get some pretty loud looks from my better half when we go in to TSC and I insist on going to look at the chicks :oops: they are SOOOOO tempting!!! But, you are right on the no-vax status, plus I haven't been impressed with any I have gotten from TSC. We have a local farm store that gets vaccinated chicks from a different hatchery and they have done super well!
 
Fair enough (I’d have offered chicks, that’s all, just to force you to get more chickens!)
I don't mind private messaging you! I just don't know when we will have everything set up for chicks and more chickens. Something usually happens
 
I have to really fight off chicken math every time I go to TSC for supplies! They have had some really nice breeds this spring. But, I am not buying anymore unvaccinated chicks! šŸ™
My kids don't let me go in there alone. I require an escort. And sometimes blinders.
 
Ah, the "awkward teen" phase. I think another week or so and they can go out full time.
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I get some pretty loud looks from my better half when we go in to TSC and I insist on going to look at the chicks :oops: they are SOOOOO tempting!!! But, you are right on the no-vax status, plus I haven't been impressed with any I have gotten from TSC. We have a local farm store that gets vaccinated chicks from a different hatchery and they have done super well!
I got some chocolate Orpingtons from Rural King last year and have been very happy with them! One hen goes a bit over 8 lbs!
My kids don't let me go in there alone. I require an escort. And sometimes blinders.
Hahaha! I get it!!! TSC had some great breeds while I was there this morning! Flock size is about perfect right now and everyone gets along pretty well! To many other things to do right now! I fought chicken math off this time but, it will bite me again! šŸ˜‚
 
I forgot to mention it will be split into 2 separate coops (probably in half).
In that case, I would probably put a roost across each end of the current coop (so the "back" of each new coop), then nestboxes along part of the current front wall (the one with the door), and feeder/waterer just inside the entrance to each coop for easy reaching and tending.

I keep thinking about the poop board. They sound like they might be inconvenient but then again I struggle with bending and shovelling so it might be easier on my joints, or it could be just plain more work
A poop board is one more thing you can bang into when you move around in the chicken coop.

Then again, it also provides a space that you can put things underneath (like nestboxes or a brooder) without having any chicken poop get on top of those things. If you have trouble bending over, you might not want to put nestboxes or anything else under the poop board anyway.

Depending on what height you put the poop board and the roosts, it might be at a better height or it might not.

A poop board is something that should (ideally) be cleaned every day, so you don't have lots of stinky poop right underneath the chickens' noses as they sleep. If the poop falls on the floor underneath, it is further from the chickens, and has a good chance of getting buried in the bedding each day by the scratching of the chickens (not always, but often). That changes an everyday job (clean poop board) into a less common but bigger job (clean the whole floor of the coop when it needs it.) If you add fresh bedding on top as needed, it become an even less common but bigger yet job (clean out accumulated deep material from the coop.)

I can't say whether you would like a poop board or not. I know that some people do like them and some people do not.
 
In that case, I would probably put a roost across each end of the current coop (so the "back" of each new coop), then nestboxes along part of the current front wall (the one with the door), and feeder/waterer just inside the entrance to each coop for easy reaching and tending.


A poop board is one more thing you can bang into when you move around in the chicken coop.

Then again, it also provides a space that you can put things underneath (like nestboxes or a brooder) without having any chicken poop get on top of those things. If you have trouble bending over, you might not want to put nestboxes or anything else under the poop board anyway.

Depending on what height you put the poop board and the roosts, it might be at a better height or it might not.

A poop board is something that should (ideally) be cleaned every day, so you don't have lots of stinky poop right underneath the chickens' noses as they sleep. If the poop falls on the floor underneath, it is further from the chickens, and has a good chance of getting buried in the bedding each day by the scratching of the chickens (not always, but often). That changes an everyday job (clean poop board) into a less common but bigger job (clean the whole floor of the coop when it needs it.) If you add fresh bedding on top as needed, it become an even less common but bigger yet job (clean out accumulated deep material from the coop.)

I can't say whether you would like a poop board or not. I know that some people do like them and some people do not.
Thank you! That does help with decision making
 

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