Silkie thread!

[aoxa]

Thank you for all of your suggestions! They are definately very "blond" sometimes but they always give you a good laugh & are so sweet! I'm going to work on a door for the run tonight and I'll try and work with them on going up the ramp! When I do the new coop I don't think I'll be using the ramps...seems like that is the easier way to go for chickens! Thanks again!!!

The reason they have ramps at all is because most chicken coops are raised (helps if you live somewhere it floods, and any digging predators I suppose). I would do a raised coop if I were you, but make the ramp less steep.

 

[chickendales]

The reason they have ramps at all is because most chicken coops are raised (helps if you live somewhere it floods, and any digging predators I suppose). I would do a raised coop if I were you, but make the ramp less steep.

i have disagree i hate raised coops just dont work well for silkies but then again my chicken either run floor in coop or in breeder pens non witch are out side

 

[aoxa]

i have disagree i hate raised coops just dont work well for silkies but then again my chicken either run floor in coop or in breeder pens non witch are out side 

If you have a big barn like I do, it works well. If you are having a tiny little coop, it would need to be properly built to withstand any flooding. I can only imagine the mess that would create if not water tight.

 

[chickendales]

If you have a big barn like I do, it works well. If you are having a tiny little coop, it would need to be properly built to withstand any flooding. I can only imagine the mess that would create if not water tight.

all my barns are water tight it was garage at one time

 

[chickendales]

all my barns are water tight it was garage at one time

the only way my barn going flood is if house flooded too

 

[aoxa]

all my barns are water tight it was garage at one time 

the only way my barn going flood is if house flooded too 

I get that, but not everyone can have nice buildings like we do to house their poultry. Some people build coops that are outside, and need to be built to withstand the elements.

You could build your new coop on pallets, which would just be a foot or so off the ground. That way any melting snow won't soak through the lumber you are using.

 

[chickendales]

I get that, but not everyone can have nice buildings like we do to house their poultry. Some people build coops that are outside, and need to be built to withstand the elements.
You could build your new coop on pallets, which would just be a foot or so off the ground. That way any melting snow won't soak through the lumber you are using.

I get that, but not everyone can have nice buildings like we do to house their poultry. Some people build coops that are outside, and need to be built to withstand the elements.
You could build your new coop on pallets, which would just be a foot or so off the ground. That way any melting snow won't soak through the lumber you are usin

i have out door coops that 3 by 8 with 1\2 whire 1\2 wood floors that i use for trios and grow out pens there rabbit hutches i took devider out of i no big on out door ground coops

 

[aoxa]

i have out door coops that 3 by 8 with 1\2 whire 1\2 wood floors that i use for trios and grow out pens there rabbit hutches i took devider out of i no big on out door ground coops

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/195993/ground-level-vs-raised-coop
Check this thread out about the raised VS not raised coop. I just don't see the ground level as practical. If you do, and it works for you, that's wonderful. It wouldn't work for me. We get many feet of snow a year, and that snow melts, soaking into any untreated wood and rotting it. Same with rain.

Our houses have foundation, so I think a raised coop is similar to that. It helps reduce flooding. It also helps reduce back pain while cleaning, ease of egg collecting, and any digging predators (as long as you have a floor in your ground level coop, this probably wouldn't be an issue anyway).

 

[peepblessed]

Wow a lot has happened since I have been away trying to post this picture.

Beautiful self cream blue peepblessed!

And beautiful whites theimis67! That roo is so nice!

I could really use a roo like that.

She is really beautiful and belongs to Karen Larsen (Catdance). Here is a "porcelain roo" I got from her in an egg.



Love this guy. He wasn't quite 5 months here and is even prettier now.

 

[chickendales]

She is really beautiful and belongs to Karen Larsen (Catdance). Here is a "porcelain roo" I got from her in an egg.



Love this guy. He wasn't quite 5 months here and is even prettier now.

lovely