New coop!

[cherrynberry]

OHHHH!

It's the kit. Ok so no floor means NO FLOOR it will have all the parts for the walls, doors, roof trusses but zero parts for a floor, no shingles, maybe roof decking and maybe tar paper.

Oh really!!!? Now I am curious what it looks like...

 

[21hens-incharge]

If it's in boxes etc it should have an identifying label with possibly a picture.

If you know where it's ordered from you should be able to look it up by an identifying number on the packaging.

 

[cherrynberry]

If it's in boxes etc it should have an identifying label with possibly a picture.

If you know where it's ordered from you should be able to look it up by an identifying number on the packaging.

Yeah, I just did, and you were correct...I wonder how we are going to build it now...

 

[21hens-incharge]

Yeah, I just did, and you were correct...I wonder how we are going to build it now...

Some people build a frame for under the walls out of square posts rated for ground contact.
Some use cinder blocks. Some pour a concrete slab.
All of those have potential problems especially for the inexperienced.

I am sure there are ways.

 

[cherrynberry]

We will have a delay on our shed build due to some issues. But if all goes well, we SHOULD be able to get cinder blocks on Saturday. The only thing is that we would also have to buy plywood. We are planning on not having a floor made of wood, but just to have there be dirt. We will also bury wire most likely and use wood chips and shavings as bedding. Do you think that will work? We currently have a coop with a cement floor, and it works okay, but we would like to sell o try a dirt floor, ideas?

 

[3KillerBs]

We will also bury wire most likely and use wood chips and shavings as bedding.

Better to put the wire on the outside as an anti-dig skirt than to try to bury wire under the floor of the coop/run. Chickens are remarkable diggers and the wire is hard on their feet.

Wood chips, wood shavings, straw, pine straw, dry leaves ... pretty much any dry organic material can work as bedding/litter.

 

[21hens-incharge]

My first coop was a horse stall in a barn. Dirt floor was ok.

I prefer a wood floor so I can clean out the droppings. It bugs me to leave them there.

 

[cherrynberry]

Better to put the wire on the outside as an anti-dig skirt than to try to bury wire under the floor of the coop/run. Chickens are remarkable diggers and the wire is hard on their feet.

Wood chips, wood shavings, straw, pine straw, dry leaves ... pretty much any dry organic material can work as bedding/litter.

But will squirrels also not be able to dig in? I am afraid they will just dig around the wire.

My first coop was a horse stall in a barn. Dirt floor was ok.

I prefer a wood floor so I can clean out the droppings. It bugs me to leave them there.

My second preference would be a cement slab, but I dont know what our supplies are, but its good to know that may work too.

 

[Mutchi]

thats a nice coop (sorry late to the convertsation)

 

[cherrynberry]

thats a nice coop (sorry late to the convertsation)

well...not until we build it, still sort of wondering how we are going to build the roof...without much experience