Hi guys and gals. Small chicken raising effort from Waco, Texas

[SKEETERMAC]

Question: What all goes in a chicken coop hen house besides where they lay the eggs and a roosting bar? What can you store in it if it's big enough? I'm converting an old kids playhouse into a chicken coop with hen house and I hate to loose the storage space if I can keep from it. I know better to keep poisonous anything in it of course, but do any of y'all keep tools, yard tools, feed canisters, etc in your hen house? I'd hang them out of the way of course. I'm just wondering what some of you guys do or don't do from experience when it comes to the hen house?

 

[N F C]

Hi, what are the dimensions of your coop and how many birds do you (or will you) have? You may or may not have extra room for storage. But if you do, I've kept feed in big metal trash cans with lids in the coop...metal to deter things like mice & rats.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

If it's big enough, you can store all your chicken goods in your coop. Just remember, not including nest boxes and roosts, chickens need about 5 square feet per bird in the coop. Don't forget ventilation in your eaves, 1/2 to 1 square foot vent space per bird.

Good luck, let us know if you have any questions about anything!

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Given enough space, just about anything can be stored in part of a coop - best that it be separated from the chicken area and understanding that it will become dusty.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. I don't store anything but my scrapers in the open coop. Too much poop and dust.
I have a small enclosed space over one bantam coop. I only keep extra chick feeders and waterers there.

 

[Jenbirdee]

Hi! Welcome to BYC! I don’t store anything in there either, I have shed and greenhouse for all that. Better safe than sorry.

 

[AidKD]

Howdy! Welcome to Backyard Chickens! We're so glad that you decided to join us!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!


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[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to BYC!

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I'm about 40 minutes east of Waco. I have a small shelf above my roosts, it has a plastic container of pdz for the poop boards, a plastic container of treats, and a plastic tub with permethrin powder, Martin's spray, hand broom for dusting, and a dust pan.
Edit to say: also my oyster shell and grit bags, lol