Well, our town approved our chicken permit (3 hens) so now we can go head and start to build. We bought the Playhouse Coop plans (a creativity cop-out I know, but our bylaws require construction drawings and a to-scale site plan.)
Anyway, that plans show 1 x 2 wire grid as flooring. We have lots of racoons, mice, chipmunks & voles inour yards so Id' really like to keep as many critters out of the coop as possible.
We were thinking of laying a thick (2 - 3) inch layer of stone dust on top of the wire grid - will that harm the birds or be hard on theri feet? In teh winter I'll probably throw down some hay to keep the mud down, and then use the stone dust in the summer.
Phyllis
Anyway, that plans show 1 x 2 wire grid as flooring. We have lots of racoons, mice, chipmunks & voles inour yards so Id' really like to keep as many critters out of the coop as possible.
We were thinking of laying a thick (2 - 3) inch layer of stone dust on top of the wire grid - will that harm the birds or be hard on theri feet? In teh winter I'll probably throw down some hay to keep the mud down, and then use the stone dust in the summer.
Phyllis