Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Glad you found her, hope she didn’t poop on the carpet!

His girlfriend?!

 

[Ponypoor]

His girlfriend?!

Yep her too!

 

[featherhead007]

His girlfriend?!

 

[Ponypoor]

Ok all - time for chores, the old body says it’s bed time almost - no matter what the retched clock says…..

This coming weeks looks it might be interesting!

(Meanwhile every day is unusual there in my opinion…)

 

[fuentemoon]

I believe i mentioned the coop being full of feathers the other day...
I have my first hard molt chicken.

 

[fuentemoon]

I believe i mentioned the coop being full of feathers the other day...
I have my first hard molt chicken.

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[ChicoryBlue]

Chickens like low places that offers them some 'shelter/hiding' but that they can still see out of. how about taking a pallet...giving it 'legs' by attaching upright 2X4s (another pallet disassembled). Positioning the pallet somewhere between 12 & 16" off the ground, uprights still longer/higher...and adding roosts across/between the uprights. That will give them low hiding space that will have a 'slotted' roof' on, plus some 'up' roosting space. You might be able to account for your sloped floor by making one end the legs 'longer' and the other end shorter so the pallet itself is flat/level, and the legs account for sloping of the ground. If it is a big slope, maybe make the end on the higher ground only 8-10" high - high enough they can still squeeze under, but low enough so the end over the lower ground isn't too high off the ground. ?????

I have a 4’+ pallet that I’ve had up on cinder blocks. I like your idea here! The pallet I have is hard to deal with size-wise, and fitting it in the run too….so I’m going to cut it in half, and see about this idea on a smaller scale and make two of them!

 

[Ponypoor]

I believe i mentioned the coop being full of feathers the other day...
I have my first hard molt chicken.

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Oh dear, well she will get more spots now! Soon she will be glorious again

 

[Ponypoor]

I have a 4’+ pallet that I’ve had up on cinder blocks. I like your idea here! The pallet I have is hard to deal with size-wise, and fitting it in the run too….so I’m going to cut it in half, and see about this idea on a smaller scale and make two of them!

I am interested to see the end product. It’s a beast to move those big pallets - cutting it is a great idea!

 

[bgmathteach]

I have a 4’+ pallet that I’ve had up on cinder blocks. I like your idea here! The pallet I have is hard to deal with size-wise, and fitting it in the run too….so I’m going to cut it in half, and see about this idea on a smaller scale and make two of them!

That sounds like a great idea - please let me know if they like the smaller 1/2 pallet.
I have so many chickens, that one that small wouldn't be enough even with two. I am planning, when I make mine with a large pallet, to put 2 handles on each side, so hubby and I together can move it relatively easily.