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There is no darkness duringing the day in there it's pretty well lit with the doors left open
(Dolly playing in the "window" lol)
Yeah, lots of light with the doors open. Thanks for the pics. Best to Dolly.
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There is no darkness duringing the day in there it's pretty well lit with the doors left open
(Dolly playing in the "window" lol)
I have large ventilation openings in mine and they let in plenty of light.I did not see any windows in that build. I think it would be really dark in that coop all the time. Did you put any windows in your pallet coop build? Were any windows needed?
I ask because in my coop build I put in two small sliding windows on opposite walls to provide cross ventilation and some natural sunlight during daylight hours. I don't need any electricity for lights during the day if I need to do some cleaning or maintenance. And the chickens have enough light to wake up in the morning and move about.
Chicken wire over the frame of my run supports a tarp load of snow very well.I might not need the chicken wire over the frame, but I think it would make everything stronger to hold up to any snow loads that will pile up around the A-Frame.
I want to make a raised coop with 1" hardware cloth floors & a sliding drawer to catch the poop .I haven't decided where to build it yet.Very nice. I was thinking it would make a great grow out coop for pullets...
I want to make a raised coop with 1" hardware cloth floors & a sliding drawer to catch the poop .I haven't decided where to build it yet.
Still trying to figure out the best way to catch the poop. Building a chicken tractor now.Have you used a coop with a sliding drawer to catch the chicken poo? I have not. But, I have heard that sliding drawer is often the weak point in those prefab coops. If you make a coop with a sliding clean out drawer, I would make sure it's extra strong and will hold up over time.
Still trying to figure out the best way to catch the poop. Building a chicken tractor now.
Sorry but I'd wind up in the ER if I was around dander much so I don't have any walk in coops.FWIW, my take on this issue...
A mobile chicken tractor lets the chicken poo fall on the ground, and you just leave it there, moving the tractor every so often. No need to catch the poo.
Deep bedding/Deep litter, clean out the coop maybe once or twice a year. The poo automagically disappears into the deep litter and dries out. I clean out my deep bedding in my coop twice a year and throw the old bedding into the chicken run to compost. I have used wood chips, dried grass, leaves, and lately I use paper sheds. Deep bedding/Deep litter should have no smell.
Pull out drawers, you will have to clean out the drawers probably weekly, maybe sooner, depending on how many chickens you have and how deep the slide out drawer is. Like many things with chickens, if it smells bad, it's time for intervention. Before I started using deep bedding in my coop, I was cleaning out everything at least weekly, and it still would smell bad to me.
Here is a pic of a pallet chicken tractor...
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Lots of designs for pallet chicken tractors on YouTube and other online sources.
Sorry but I'd wind up in the ER if I was around dander much so I don't have any walk in coops.