Old and new

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC

 

[Tookie]

Hello, welcome to BYC! Glad you joined!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[HomeofTheChicks]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens Mark! I think it's awesome that you live so close to the ocean. I live in the mountains so I have to drive 6 hours to get to the nearest body of saltwater. Also, I understand the rain. IT'S BEEN NON-STOP here!

 

[MakoMark]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Why didn't you use PT wood for the run walls? With the climate you describe I can't imagine them lasting very long. Where will the access door be to get into the run?

Really liked your question about the wood, and you chicken long term eggers can help newbies like me. Like most it is easy to see danger were non existes but who is to know for sure.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with your flock and coop construction.

 

[MakoMark]

It's perfectly safe for them. They don't eat it and don't come into contact with it.

Does water come in contact with the pt wood and birds drink the water.?

 

[DobieLover]

Does water come in contact with the pt wood and birds drink the water.?

Usually penned birds are provided with drinkers. Any water that was temporarily in contact with the PT wood then hit the ground would soak in. Any puddles may be drunk from but these would also contain chicken feces, parasite eggs and bacteria at a much higher concentration than any minute amount of Cu salts that may leach from the wood. It would take much more than that to reach cooper toxicity.
I've had my flock around PT wood for almost 5 years with zero ill effects.

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC!