I'm building a new coop and run. The run is built on a bit of a hill and the hen house would be built
on "stilts" holding up the hen house....the hens would access the hen house from the run.
I know most hen houses are elevated from the run and the hens climb up a ramp to enter....or the hen
house is at least level with the run. My question is does anyone see any issues if the hens had to walk
DOWN a slight ramp to enter the hen house... and then jump up a slight amount to get into the nest boxes.
see attached drawing and thanks for the insights.
<a href="http://s248.photobucket.com/user/bocode/media/hen-grade_zps1512b6ec.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg198/bocode/hen-grade_zps1512b6ec.jpg" border="0" alt="hen house grade photo hen-grade_zps1512b6ec.jpg"/></a>
on "stilts" holding up the hen house....the hens would access the hen house from the run.
I know most hen houses are elevated from the run and the hens climb up a ramp to enter....or the hen
house is at least level with the run. My question is does anyone see any issues if the hens had to walk
DOWN a slight ramp to enter the hen house... and then jump up a slight amount to get into the nest boxes.
see attached drawing and thanks for the insights.
<a href="http://s248.photobucket.com/user/bocode/media/hen-grade_zps1512b6ec.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg198/bocode/hen-grade_zps1512b6ec.jpg" border="0" alt="hen house grade photo hen-grade_zps1512b6ec.jpg"/></a>
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