My first coop. (New pic of todays progress on page 23)

[Lil chick chick]

Your doing a really really nice job. What color are you painting the outside? the inside?

 

[Suburban chick farmer 09]

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Right now they free range. When the coop is finished and I have a full time job again i'll start the run. The run will be 20'x8'x7' tall with a roof on at least half of it.

 

[Suburban chick farmer 09]

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Thanks. The outside is going to be a green with white trim, inside will be yellow with white trim.

 

[Lil chick chick]

That's going to look nice. I love yellow interiors. The inside of MY house is pale yellow. I plan to make the inside of my future coop the same color. Happy house, happy coop.

 

[Cheep a'lil Talk a'lil]

Looking good!

Are you going to put down vinyl down on the droping board under the roost?

What type of paint are you going to use on the inside of the coop? Can you just use interior paint or do you have to get something special?

 

[DarkWolf]

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If it stops raining for you, be sure and send some of that "not raining" my way.. I'm desperate to get the roof done and the tarp off so I can keep them outside where they're more comfortable.

 

[Scoop]

Wow! Nice pictures! ... Uh...This is a chicken coop right?

 

[Suburban chick farmer 09]

Cheep a'lil Talk a'lil :

Looking good!

Are you going to put down vinyl down on the droping board under the roost?

What type of paint are you going to use on the inside of the coop? Can you just use interior paint or do you have to get something special?

I'm going to put vinyl on the droppings board, also thinking about putting a little sand down over the vinyl so I can just sweep the droppings off without the leftover residue.

I've read on here that exterior paint is easier to clean, so i'm going to give that a try.​

 

[Cheep a'lil Talk a'lil]

Oooo, sand, what a good idea. Would you put pine litter/shavings over that or just sand?

 

[DarkWolf]

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I'd thought of doing that.. Making like 1/2" or 1" tall sides around the board and filling it with sand.. Then just using a kitty litter scoop to clean it up.

I'd seen one post where someone made a sand pit under the roosts at floor level. They say it worked really well.

I'm waiting until they're more to age before I mess around with building that though. Especially since I'm making the roosts completely movable so I can adjust the height as they grow.