ChickadeeNMe
Chirping
Hey there! Just a friendly word of advice from someone who learned the hard way. (unless there already is some there, but I didn't see it) You should put some wire or something on the floor to keep critters from digging a tunnel into your coop at night. Weasels, racoons, fox, all kinds of predators will dig to get to your flock. You probably already know that and if so, i apologize. maybe my comment might help someone in the future. I lost 2 birds when I first started because we used a coop that was already on our property that we moved to. It was built with a dirt floor, nothing to keep predators from digging under.There are some pretty awesome pictures of coops here. I just recently decided to try my hand in raising chickens and unfortunately did very little research before hand. I've had a few disasters and losses (raccoons) but I've learned a lot in a short time especially since I found this website. My coop is certainly not pretty but thought I'd share it. I put a lot of work into and am proud of it anyway. I still have to roof it but am using tarps/ chicken wire for now. It started as a fort my kids stopped using a long time ago. I thought this was a good way to re-purpose it. Thank you everyone who has taken the time to post on this website giving your knowledge and expertise to people like me.