chicken run flooring

  1. Emrosenagel

    Pine pellets/sawdust for chicks?

    one of my hens is hatching some new chicks and I want her to raise them in the coop/run with the others. The runs have pine pellets hosed down into a fluffy sawdust, but it isn’t exactly fine dust. I’m wondering if this will be alright for chicks? I have one run that’s mostly dirt, if the...
  2. T

    Setting up a chicken run over septic lateral lines

    So I’m starting to get into this whole homesteading thing and starting a flock. I’m working on getting my hand House ready and I bought a separate run in order to attach it to the hand house. The area I’ve been looking to put it on is essentially where the lateral lines are for my septic system...
  3. D

    Muddy run -- flooring help/suggestions

    Hey y'all! A couple of weeks ago we finally moved our two "og" hens to their new coop and run. The coop is a small prefab, and the run is one of those metal ones that you have to assemble; a tarp is covering one section, but we plan on getting another to cover the section their coop is under...
  4. LilHitzel

    Dry Leaves in Chicken Run

    I put old leaves from the ground all around my property in the chicken run. These girls are THRILLED. They’ve been foraging through this all day. This is safe, right? They don’t leave their huge run, and I just realized that I may have disturbed the bacteria/biodiversity that they’re used to. I...
  5. Silkie7

    Run flooring advice

    Hi! I'm a new chicken owner. I have six 9-week-old silkies. I just put their coop/run together. Can I leave the floor just as is, or should I put something down like mulch or sand? I heard straw is suitable for the winter. It gets pretty cold here in the winter. The picture below is of the...
  6. layayayle

    Is this cypress bark making our hens sick?? 1 hen with respiratory illness, 1 hen vomiting (maybe from the heat wave?)

    On 6/25, we added this cypress bark mulch blend to our chicken's run. It seemed like a great choice, but with the issues our flock has experienced shortly after adding it, I'm worried that the "blend" part may have something bad in it. On 6/27, I checked on the hens to find Beaux (Ameraucana)...
  7. Sus_

    New Coop - concrete run

    Hi All, New chicken parent here. We began building our backyard coop and it looks great so far! However the run and coop we made over a concrete area in our yard as we just didn't have any other great spot big enough. I need advice on how we would keep the run clean, bedding etc. My husband used...
  8. JenBmomof3

    Chicken run flooring

    Advice needed!! any info is great My coop gets delivered July 12. it has hardware cloth all around and on the top of the run. (My husband will add a roof over the run) I’ve attached a pic We were going to lay hardware cloth underneath the entire coop/run for extra predictor protection. My...
  9. K

    Using pea gravel in coop and as a patio

    Hello! I have a question hopefully someone here is familiar with! I am wanting to use pea gravel as a patio in my yard, and potentially in the run as well. How do you keep the gravel clean? My chickens free range for about half of the day so I want to make sure the patio I make can be easily...
  10. 0ddaudd

    Chicken Run Flooring (?). SO MANY FLIES !

    Hey ! So for awhile i was putting timothy hay at the bottom of my chicken run since they’ve eaten all the grass. But I live in Louisiana so it rains almost everyday, and the timothy hay was just getting muddy and smelly. So I decided to put some sand down as well. But the sand has appeared to...
  11. xtatix

    Enclosed Run Flooring and Playhouse Coop HELP

    First time chicken mama. Need some reassurance or better suggestions for a few things. 1] flooring for the run I have read sand, dirt, pine shaving. What is best?? I was thinking of using a combo of all 3. Yes/No 2] Ventilation the play house has 4 windows will I need more? 3] Two roosting...
  12. Coffeewastedmomma

    Grass clippings in the run??

    Hello. I have heard both. Yea and nay! So, what is your opinion? Can/should you put fresh mowed grass clippings in the run? I would love to hear from multiple people. Why you do or don't. Any dangers or advantages. Thanks in advance. p.s. I hope I posted in the right forum...
  13. R

    Options for enclosed run

    Hi knowledgeable folks, We are currently building an enclosed run for our 3 chickens. We have a couple of options regarding the run floor and it’s be great to get some opinions to help us decide which to go for. I’m the picture you can see the current floor which is sand and gravel where the...
  14. J

    chicken run flooring - Beginning coop plans

    We are so excited to plan our DIY coop. Reclaiming a old redwood garden bed to turn into a coop. The run will have wire below a dirt bed that will not have a roof. Should we put pavers or some other base and then add bedding?, sand? gravel + bedding material? I want to be able to clean it...
  15. GrowingOurHomestead

    Chicken run flooring

    Happy Friday everyone. What do you all use on the floor in your run? Sand, woodchips etc... also, do you continue it into the coop floor or use something different? If you have any photos too that would be amazing!
  16. 6

    Chicken Run

    I am new to chickens this year and I am looking to build a chicken run, similar to the pictures below. I currently have 5 chickens but would like to build a run that is suitable for 8. I am not very construction savy so I am hoping someone who has built something similar or who is constriction...
  17. F

    Best medium and cleaning tips for run and coop

    Hi!! First time chicken mom here to 10, 14 week old RIR’s. Right now their run is covered and the coop is inside the run. They sleep on a pallet on the roof of the coop by choice. I used pine shavings in their brooder and then in their run once they grew older and switched to hay when the pine...
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