You would have done what different with your coup?

[crazyhen75]

When I began keeping chickens I new to have wide roost, plenty of space, but what else have we learned. Me for one would like an easy way to clean the drop boards under roost from the outside. Maybe some kind of slide out with a drop lip to make it easy to scrape off. Then it would be easy to put into a wheel barrel .
Do any of you have any ideas? Maybe a drop lip also on the nest to make them easier to clean out . As I have gotten older the bending is harder. Do you have any more ideas to help us golden oldies?

 

[cavemanrich]

an easy way to clean the drop boards under roost

Let me tackle this one.
Have your drop boards like shallow drawers, and keep Sweet PDZ, or sand, or a combination of both. Then have a cat litter scooper and Easy Peazy
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and

 

[aart]

I'm new...don't have my chickens or coop yet.....The coop I am planning on getting has a pull out drawer. I just need to put sand in the bottom and scoop like kitty litter? How deep should the sand be? Do I need to put pine shavings on top of it, or mix in with it? How often do you scoop it out? If I mix the Sweet PDZ into it, what ratio of it to sand?

@HyperCello If you're going to 'sand and sift' I suggest a thin(~1/8") layer of straight PDZ and sift it with a fine mesh basket daily.

 

[Kiki]

Nope (although the one you are talking about we have discussed....but I think I like this one better--https://www.wayfair.com/pet/pdp/my-pet-chicken-bungalow-chicken-coop-with-nesting-box-mpcn1000.html)

This is good for 3 chickens.
Way too small.

Be SURE to read the measurements.
That is only 14 SQ feet.
No way in the world you can fit 10 chickens in there.

 

[HyperCello]

This is good for 3 chickens.
Way too small.

Be SURE to read the measurements.
That is only 14 SQ feet.
No way in the world you can fit 10 chickens in there.

I know, I'm planning on only 3-4 chickens (my city only allows us to have a max of 6, and I feel my yard wouldn't hold a run big enough for more than 4 chickens).

 

[Morrigan]

This is good for 3 chickens.
Way too small.

Be SURE to read the measurements.
That is only 14 SQ feet.
No way in the world you can fit 10 chickens in there.

Never trust the manufacturer of these pre-fab coops an how many chickens they hold. Hold, yes, live comfortably, no.

 

[aart]

As I have gotten older the bending is harder. Do you have any more ideas to help us golden oldies?

Mine is a walk in and things are set at 'no bending' heights.
But I'm lucky in that I already had a big building to start with.

Wish it was bigger....and the runs had solid roofs.
Other than that, I'm very happy with it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-coop-page.65912/

 

[HyperCello]

Let me tackle this one.
Have your drop boards like shallow drawers, and keep Sweet PDZ, or sand, or a combination of both. Then have a cat litter scooper and Easy Peazy
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and

I'm new...don't have my chickens or coop yet.....The coop I am planning on getting has a pull out drawer. I just need to put sand in the bottom and scoop like kitty litter? How deep should the sand be? Do I need to put pine shavings on top of it, or mix in with it? How often do you scoop it out? If I mix the Sweet PDZ into it, what ratio of it to sand?

 

[Cryss]

I'm new...don't have my chickens or coop yet.....The coop I am planning on getting has a pull out drawer. I just need to put sand in the bottom and scoop like kitty litter? How deep should the sand be? Do I need to put pine shavings on top of it, or mix in with it? How often do you scoop it out? If I mix the Sweet PDZ into it, what ratio of it to sand?

The coop you are planning on getting with a pull out drawer wouldn’t happen to be a prefab from Tractor Supply that holds 8 would it?

 

[BGcoop]

How about..... THIS! I would ask them if they can do $200, it's been on listing for 20 days now so they might take it.

HERE : https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/grd/d/cincinnati-chicken-coop/7061700311.html

woah, that ad says it will hold 11 chickens! That looks way too tiny for that many.

as for what I would do different? I’m pretty happy with my current set up. I definitely like my walk in type coop, I couldn’t imagine cleaning one that wasn’t.