I also have a building that I am using for my chicken house. It is about 10x14 ft. and it has linoleum on the floor which I have covered with straw I have a few boards for roosts and a table that I'm going to put their nest boxes on. It only has one window though..........should I put a fan in the window? I just moved my young chickens out to the building yesterday and they seem to be doing fine now. I'm in Oklahoma and it can get kind of hot, but after they are well acquainted with their building I had hoped to let them free range in my fenced in back yard, but was just informed they could get over my 4 ft. chain link fence. So I will either keep their wings clipped (I raise parrots so I know how to do this, or I will need to build them a pen. I have a 50' foot roll of 14 gauge welded wire that is stored at a friends place and I'm waiting for her to bring it to me. I might just angle it in from the top of the fence which was also suggested on another thread. Will the linoleum be OK under the straw and pine chips in the chicken house?
I've been keeping and breeding parrots for 30 years, but these are my first chickens.....they are about 8 weeks old. (3 Barred Rock, 1 R.I. Red, 1 Buff Orpington and 1 Americauna).
P.S. I used to keep my breeder parrots in this building but have moved them into the garage.