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Quote: I live in Utah, and the climate is *overall* dryer than many other places in the USA.
I have a *Lacrosse Wireless Weather Station* in my *office*,
and use the *outside* temp function, as the *inside the coop* situation.
From what I have seen, the humidity inside the coop
has not increased beyond 40%, while the hens are in there.
During the day, the humidity is around 25%.
So it seems that the ventilation is almost OK, but as I mentioned before,
I will increase the vent openings as much as I can.
The nesting box is *hanging* on that side of the Coop and can be removed.
What is there then, is another *flip up door* wide enough
to remove the *floor* of the coop for cleaning and washing.
When the floor is removed for cleaning, the flap door you see on top of the nesting box,
is *down, to keep the hens *in*.
A washer drain pan has sides which can function as a *hook*, sitting on a ledge.
With the drain pans removed, there is *no floor* in the coop.
Below a *cross section* on how the drain pan *creates* a floor.
The *decoration* on the coop was done with my grand son and
so it is more his ideas, AND his painting that you can see on the coop.
I have a pic of the coop before egg laying, so there was no nesting box *yet*.
Our friends in Europe (where we are originally grew up) have named it:
*Chalet du Poulet*
For the time being, there are only 3 hens in that coop,
but the coop is made so I can extend the triangular sections
to accommodate more hens as I learn more from *you people*.
I did not want to make a huge coop and run, until I would find out
what it it was going to be like to have chickens in our back yard.
Even after only a few months now (I started early this year),
I WILL built the extensions and go for the legally maximum amount
(9 according to *the rules*), because of what I have seen so far watching my grand children !!!
To clean the *side ledges*, I use a *car snow removal brush*,
brush the *waste* into the drain pan (never really dirty there !).
then lift up the pan and pull thru the maintenance door.
Why not make *all* the doors on the side ?
Matter of ... , Hmmm I should have it done that way ... !
Oh well !
The width of the access door now can accommodate a 3 part nest box.
From what I have gleaned, that should suffice for 9 chickens.
I have a *Lacrosse Wireless Weather Station* in my *office*,
and use the *outside* temp function, as the *inside the coop* situation.
From what I have seen, the humidity inside the coop
has not increased beyond 40%, while the hens are in there.
During the day, the humidity is around 25%.
So it seems that the ventilation is almost OK, but as I mentioned before,
I will increase the vent openings as much as I can.
The nesting box is *hanging* on that side of the Coop and can be removed.
What is there then, is another *flip up door* wide enough
to remove the *floor* of the coop for cleaning and washing.
When the floor is removed for cleaning, the flap door you see on top of the nesting box,
is *down, to keep the hens *in*.
A washer drain pan has sides which can function as a *hook*, sitting on a ledge.
With the drain pans removed, there is *no floor* in the coop.
Below a *cross section* on how the drain pan *creates* a floor.
The *decoration* on the coop was done with my grand son and
so it is more his ideas, AND his painting that you can see on the coop.
I have a pic of the coop before egg laying, so there was no nesting box *yet*.
Our friends in Europe (where we are originally grew up) have named it:
*Chalet du Poulet*
For the time being, there are only 3 hens in that coop,
but the coop is made so I can extend the triangular sections
to accommodate more hens as I learn more from *you people*.
I did not want to make a huge coop and run, until I would find out
what it it was going to be like to have chickens in our back yard.
Even after only a few months now (I started early this year),
I WILL built the extensions and go for the legally maximum amount
(9 according to *the rules*), because of what I have seen so far watching my grand children !!!
To clean the *side ledges*, I use a *car snow removal brush*,
brush the *waste* into the drain pan (never really dirty there !).
then lift up the pan and pull thru the maintenance door.
Why not make *all* the doors on the side ?
Matter of ... , Hmmm I should have it done that way ... !
Oh well !
The width of the access door now can accommodate a 3 part nest box.
From what I have gleaned, that should suffice for 9 chickens.
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