Info needed on beginning a coop

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Hi Kellie, it's nice to have you here with us! Best of luck with all your plans.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

Feel free to drop in and share your flock

Updates for 2020 with us here in my 2020 flock life thread



https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2020-flock-life.1351080/

It’s nice to meet you!

 

[EggWalrus]

Glad to have you onboard and welcome to BYC!

The first step and most important step of building anything is location. Look around after a good hard rain in your yard, find a spot that the water drains away well. Never build in a low spot or where a post-rain stream will cross your yard. Few things suck as much as stomping thru a swamp to collect eggs or feed your birds. Plus it will absolutely make life hell for your chickens and it can lead to unhealthy dangerous conditions. Always build high and dry if you can. If you can't, then build up the coop/run floor with dirt till any water that gets in there drains out and away from your chickens.
If you don't get this first step right, not only will you regret it, but you'll be fighting an up hill battle for the duration of that coop.
Good luck!

 

[Bellesmama]

Welcome! I am also new to chicken-keeping and have found the folks on here to be extremely helpful and welcoming. Have you decided on which breed(s) you are interested in?

Thank you! I haven't decided on breed(s) of chickens yet. I have a ton to learn.

 

[Bellesmama]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

Feel free to drop in and share your flock

Updates for 2020 with us here in my 2020 flock life thread



https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2020-flock-life.1351080/

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It’s nice to meet you!

Thank you! I'm looking forward to meeting awesome people here too!

 

[Bellesmama]

Hi Kellie, it's nice to have you here with us! Best of luck with all your plans.

Thank you!

 

[Bellesmama]

Glad to have you onboard and welcome to BYC!

The first step and most important step of building anything is location. Look around after a good hard rain in your yard, find a spot that the water drains away well. Never build in a low spot or where a post-rain stream will cross your yard. Few things suck as much as stomping thru a swamp to collect eggs or feed your birds. Plus it will absolutely make life hell for your chickens and it can lead to unhealthy dangerous conditions. Always build high and dry if you can. If you can't, then build up the coop/run floor with dirt till any water that gets in there drains out and away from your chickens.
If you don't get this first step right, not only will you regret it, but you'll be fighting an up hill battle for the duration of that coop.
Good luck!

Thank you so much for this info. I will definitely watch how rain/ water drains from the yard.