Setting up coop today, NEED ADVICE about many things!

[MissRaychel91]

@MissRaychel91 i found an old photo right when I had just finish placing bricks over the anti-dig apron.

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I love it!!! Thanks so much for these ideas!

 

[aart]

@MissRaychel91 i found an old photo right when I had just finish placing bricks over the anti-dig apron.

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The bricks kinda of make the apron unnecessary....and they could dig at the outside edge of the bricks and end up under the apron.
Better to bury the apron a bit instead of stacking bricks or pavers on top of it.

 

[WthrLady]

plan ahead. The wood in that coop will be rotten to the touch by February. The nest box areas have been known to fall off. The trays can be pulled out by raccoons. The roof leaks and the doors snap off.

 

[MissRaychel91]

plan ahead. The wood in that coop will be rotten to the touch by February. The nest box areas have been known to fall off. The trays can be pulled out by raccoons. The roof leaks and the doors snap off.

I don't understand, why would it be rotten?
How would I keep the nest boxes from falling off? And I'm sure I could put a latch over the tray

 

[WthrLady]

The wood is a very cheap, airy, wood. It isn't really sealed by the company. When it gets wet, it soaks up the water like a sponge and starts to rot.

We had one as an emergency coop for a rooster. We propped up the nesting area with large 90' angle shelf brackets.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

Hello! We have 2 Silkie Bantams and 2 Cochin Bantams, and they are 5 weeks old.
We have built our chicken coop (pics below) but won't be able to build the run just yet.
Looking at the picture of the coop, is there anything we need to do to make it safe against predators?
Also there seems to be no ventilation inside the coop part, I posted pics of it below also. Is there anything we need to do for that?
There will be nothing but dirt underneath it, we were thinking about using sand but the only sand we have seen is the play sand sold at home depot. Is that the right sand?
We are wanting to try and get this done today, so ANY and ALL tips and advice is definitely needed and welcome!
Thanks in advance!
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What about just nailing in a plywood floor to the whole bottom and that way you could probably just leave it open since it looks like you used hardware cloth. Then if you surround the bottom with 2x4’s, you could put in 3-4 inches of construction sand from Home Depot, look in the construction area, not gardening.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

@MissRaychel91 i found an old photo right when I had just finish placing bricks over the anti-dig apron.

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That looks great!