Mountain Ledge coop 95% done - advice needed

[NHMountainMan]

Poop board width depends on how far they are from the roost and what size chickens you have. Not all poop falls straight down, some comes out with some velocity! I would go 24" wide at a minimum with the roost down the center. I made mine 30" with the roost 12" above the poop board and 6" boards around the poop board to contain the Sweet PDZ.



For chickens height = safety, I've watched my neighbors free ranging chickens at sundown fly up to the lowest branch in a tree and hop/fly from branch to branch until they get way up there. If you don't have a place to roost at 6' they won't try. If you have exposed rafters some may want to roost up there. It's up to you to control where they roost.

The first night my pullets slept in the so called coop I copied from the net they were looking for all kinds of places up high to roost including the roof of the coop. I had to use some cardboard to block off a couple of rafters in the run for a while until they had the roost place printed in their brain.

JT

thx JT
I think its finally starting to make sense to me!

 

[BYC910]

Just wanted to say what a good job you have doneI don't have time to read the thread . I just hope somebody chimed in with staple the wire cloth .Then loose the fender washers and replace them with batten strips, so the entire edge of the cloth is covered .