- Sep 23, 2011
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I have no power to my coop, which is 8' x 12' about 15" off the ground and a little over 8' tall. I used vinyl remnants for most of the floor after seeing it suggested on another BYC thread. When the days began getting shorter, my hens started laying fewer eggs. Since I couldn't put in a light, I bought a dozen of those solar landscape lights and attached aluminum hardware bands to the 2x4s inside. Each morning, I stick the lights in one of my currently empty garden beds for recharging, and at night I stick them into the holders on the 2x4s. They are laying again, but not quite as well as last summer.
One item nobody has suggested (possibly just more polite than I am) - the commode left from when my 93 yr old mother was with us now sits in a corner of the coop. It's doubled as a step ladder when I've had to nail something higher than I can reach.
Oh, I also nail up empty feed bags for insulation & toss them for easier spring cleaning.
One item nobody has suggested (possibly just more polite than I am) - the commode left from when my 93 yr old mother was with us now sits in a corner of the coop. It's doubled as a step ladder when I've had to nail something higher than I can reach.
Oh, I also nail up empty feed bags for insulation & toss them for easier spring cleaning.