using an old dog kennel/run for chickens??

[countrygirl_247]

Do you think it could/would make chickens sick to use an old dog kennel/run for their coop & run? The coop is about 10'x4' the run is 11'x20'. Has anyone ever done this?

 

[willowcol]

My son got 2 ducks in April and we put them in our old 8'x8' wire dog kennel, they use the wooden dog house for nesting and are perfectly happy and healthy.

 

[countrygirl_247]

I guess i should add it's a dirt run with pea gravel & sandy so where the dogs have urinated & pooed shoudn't hurt the chickens. The run has been dog free for months.

 

[BFeathered]

If you mix in plenty of DE and some clean sand, and clean out the structures well, go for it!

 

[zatsdeb]

you will want to put chicken wire around the bottom of the cage, we put some young chickens in our old dog kennel, and a raccoon can grab a chickens head through the holes.
otherwise it works great.

 

[wendy]

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I second the idea of modifying the kennel, we had a racoon get a few of our pullets this summer. The kennel was a place we were using to let the birds get big enough till we could introduce them to the rest of the chickens in the regular run/coop area. we have used it for this before and never had a problem with racoons but this summer we did

 

[Attack Chicken]

I lined the bottom of our dog kennal in chicken wire to nothing could try to grab them. I imagin if a coon wanted so badly it could still grab them. A couple days ago we had a kitten problem...A little kitten kept getting into the chicken house