Hello from Tucson, AZ!

[Dr Evy]

Welcome to BYC. We’re so glad you joined!

 

[N F C]

Hello, best wishes!

 

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC So happy you have joined our flock.

 

[PrettyMcChicken]

I like your plan! If it's anything like my projects, it will evolve as you're working on it.

Will look forward to seeing the finished product. I'm hoping you plan to use hardware cloth, not chicken wire to enclose it.

Welcome to BYC! Let us know when you get those chicks, and photos of the finished (and occupied) coop would be great!

I’m planning on using 1/2 welded wire cloth. I’ll dig out a moat outside of the run to make sure it’s predator proof.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hello new friends! I’m still figuring out the site, but wanted to introduce myself! I’m starting my first flock this September and am so excited. I’m going to turn my backyard playhouse/treehouse into a coop with a run underneath. I’ll cut a trap door into the floor and make a ramp for the chicks to get down easily. The coop is about 4 ft above the ground. I’m going to start with 6 chicks.View attachment 3234168

Wellcome to BYC!! Your coop looks great!

 

[DobieLover]

I’ll dig out a moat outside of the run to make sure it’s predator proof.

You don't need to do that. Just lay the 1/2" hardware cloth out over the ground 18-24" and pin the outer edge to the earth with HD landscape pins and let the grass grow up through it.

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to the BYC family!

 

[PrettyMcChicken]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
The trap door method can be difficult to work with as the chickens can easily kick the bedding down the hole and the area under the playhouse isn't really large enough for the run. Some of the run can go under it and would be a great place to leave the feed and water but chickens need 15 sq ft per bird in the run, 4 sq ft per bird in the coop and 1 linear ft of roost space per bird.

I might be doing my math wrong, but that’s 90sq ft total for 6 chickens right? The run area is a little over 9x10 so I thought I would have the right amount of space. And the coop is about 8.5 x 9.
I don’t want them to be overcrowded. Should I get less chickens?

 

[PrettyMcChicken]

You don't need to do that. Just lay the 1/2" hardware cloth out over the ground 18-24" and pin the outer edge to the earth with HD landscape pins and let the grass grow up through it.
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Where I live in Tucson we really don’t have any grass. I have a dog too so I just want to be extra careful

 

[mydaisy]

Welcome to BYC