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[MeepBeep]

where do you find plans for the Canadian coop?

It's a coop design by Dr Prince T. Woods and commonly called a 'Wood's Coop'

It can be found in his book 'Fresh-Air Poultry Houses: The Classic Guide to Open-Front Chicken Coops for Healthier Poultry'

 

[FarmerPhronc]

Here are a couple of pics of the 4 x 8 coop I'll be getting from my neighbor. He got it about a year ago and it's just been sitting in their backyard. Never even bothered to clean it out. I convinced him to let me have it. It's gonna take some work to clean it out, make some modifications to suit me and add to the run I have however I can't complain about the price $ 0.00.

 

[gpeters3]

Leave the brood pens in place.......    Chicken math will catch up to you soooooooon  

In my coop, chicken math is strictly by my direction....no roosters we already had our fun at the store, no more for a while. On 1 acre in a growing suberb (used to be strictly rural) my 22 birds are 'technically' illegal so i have gone to great lengths to prevent detection by other than my adjacent neignbors who think they are cool and are waiting for their first batch of free eggs. Im on borrowed time just to keep what i have im going to have way more eggs than i can use. I used to give them away when i only had 10.

I actually want to re-do the pens with some new ideas i have so ill dismantle them and store them til i get around to it. Right now i have an unstopable force acting on my time and energy with her own agenda, FINISH THE HOUSE!!!

 

[FarmerPhronc]

At the risk of sounding ignorant, should I rake/clean out the droppings in the run (dirt floor) along with cleaning out the Roost. This is my first experience with a smaller coop. Our run before was large and so there wasn't a need to do that.

I think that would depend on the number of birds you have and the amount of run space. I have 5 chickens in a run of 76 sq ft not including the space under the coop. I've had my hens since October and don't rake it out. They generally are scratching about and although I sometimes take a rake to break it up and work it into the dirt floor I have, I've never seen a need to rake out the run. P.S. I do on occasion throw some leaves I rake up in the run and they just start scratching away helping to mix it all in.

 

[NanaNeen]

Here are a couple of pics of the 4 x 8 coop I'll be getting from my neighbor. He got it about a year ago and it's just been sitting in their backyard. Never even bothered to clean it out. I convinced him to let me have it. It's gonna take some work to clean it out, make some modifications to suit me and add to the run I have however I can't complain about the price $ 0.00.

That's a little pricy!

 

[bluejean55girl]

It's a coop design by Dr Prince T. Woods and commonly called a 'Wood's Coop'

It can be found in his book 'Fresh-Air Poultry Houses: The Classic Guide to Open-Front Chicken Coops for Healthier Poultry'

awesome! Does this book give good ideas for high 100 plus degree temps too? Grins

 

[MeepBeep]

It's a coop design by Dr Prince T. Woods and commonly called a 'Wood's Coop'

It can be found in his book 'Fresh-Air Poultry Houses: The Classic Guide to Open-Front Chicken Coops for Healthier Poultry'

awesome! Does this book give good ideas for high 100 plus degree temps too? Grins

Maybe someone else can answer as I personally do not own the book as coops of that design and size don't fit my needs or requirements...

But, I do suspect that wide open air coops would work well in hot climates...

 

[FarmerPhronc]

Maybe someone else can answer as I personally do not own the book as coops of that design and size don't fit my needs or requirements...

But, I do suspect that wide open air coops would work well in hot climates...

I can't answer for hot climates either. I don't have a coop like the "Wood's" however mine has plenty of ventilation. That's the one thing I've learned from this forum/website, the more ventilation you have the better. I live in the rocky mountains of Colorado, seen the temps drop to -35*F. my ladies survive just fine without me adding heat or lights.

 

[rottlady]

It may be"better" for their respiratory system in coops that are not cleaned every week, but I find it hard to believe it is healthier to **** near freeze to death at below freezing and below 0 temps than to have a louvered vet or ridge vent or something and be able to be in a draft free coop they can maintain body heat in. Just like a barn with livestock, you don't want it air tight like a house but you don't want drafts either

to each their own I guess

 

[beautifulpirate]

It may be"better" for their respiratory system in coops that are not cleaned every week, but I find it hard to believe it is healthier to **** near freeze to death at below freezing and below 0 temps than to have a louvered vet or ridge vent or something and be able to be in a draft free coop they can maintain body heat in. Just like a barn with livestock, you don't want it air tight like a house but you don't want drafts either

to each their own I guess

Chickens maintain heat by fluffing their feathers and holding pockets of air around their bodies that act as insulation. A draft is very very different than proper ventilation. If designed correctly, you can have an immense amount of air move through a coop without having drafts that are ruffling their feathers and therefore disturbing their natural form of insulation. Millions of birds live in freezing temps and in other various less than ideal circumstances in the wild. They roost in trees where there is lots of air flow.

Lack of cleaning a coop weekly is not the sole reason why chickens would have respiratory issues. Loads of people muck out their coops no more than twice a year.