- Apr 30, 2011
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We're putting together a new coop much like the one in the pictures at:
http://www.facebook.com/donald.week....369373556429338.93340.100000700897225&type=3
and at:
http://agardenerinprogress.blogspot.com/2012/04/coop-is-done.html
(let me know if you can't see these and I'll try something else)
Our four girls have a 4-foot wide run along our back fence, which is covered mostly with natural bark (untreated), dirt, and needles from thuja trees growing parallel to the fence.
We dug out under the old coop that's being replaced to make room for a sand and gravel mix (only what would be covered from rain), but I'm just certain if that's the best way to go or not. In case it's an important factor, we get a fair number of days of rain in our area (Pacific Northwest). In the past we've just thrown a bunch of pine shavings and straw down there to help absorb everything and then we turn it over and re-level it every month or so.
Any recommendations for just under the covered coop?
http://www.facebook.com/donald.week....369373556429338.93340.100000700897225&type=3
and at:
http://agardenerinprogress.blogspot.com/2012/04/coop-is-done.html
(let me know if you can't see these and I'll try something else)
Our four girls have a 4-foot wide run along our back fence, which is covered mostly with natural bark (untreated), dirt, and needles from thuja trees growing parallel to the fence.
We dug out under the old coop that's being replaced to make room for a sand and gravel mix (only what would be covered from rain), but I'm just certain if that's the best way to go or not. In case it's an important factor, we get a fair number of days of rain in our area (Pacific Northwest). In the past we've just thrown a bunch of pine shavings and straw down there to help absorb everything and then we turn it over and re-level it every month or so.
Any recommendations for just under the covered coop?
