Prebuilt coop for deep litter method

[aart]

Thanks for this explanation. I envision using a deep bedding method.
This is exactly how I've been treating my run and it's been working great.
My vision was to do something similar to what you're doing except for a few changes. I was going to skip using the poop boards with the expectation that I'll change out the pine shavings more frequently than you. My goal was to only have to change out the shavings every 3 - 4 months. I figured that if I kept the size of my flock constant (fight the chicken math) the size of the coop would determine how frequently the shavings would need to be changed.

How often you need to change bedding can depend, kinda gotta try it out and see.
Your dry climate probably will help.

 

[Yeeming]

I got a coop from the thesmartchickencoop.com specifically so I could DLM in the coop. No floor and predator proof. You can take a look at their coops for ideas.

 

[DobieLover]

I got a coop from the thesmartchickencoop.com specifically so I could DLM in the coop. No floor and predator proof. You can take a look at their coops for ideas.

I just took a quick look at this website. They advertised a coop for 6 hens that would only properly house 2 bantam hens. And the prices!! I could build one heck of a coop that could actually house 6 hens for what they are charging.
The little gnomes are cute though...