ChookaPete
Songster
- Dec 7, 2024
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I have an old outdoor rectangular-shaped lounge couch that has been sitting in my shed for nearly three years. It was acquired with a big bunch of furniture that I bought during house-hunting, so I just grabbed it at the time. I tried it in my house, then my back patio, but didn't like it much.
I have wondered to put it on my patio as a day-bed on the front porch, but I feel that would just clutter it.
I often sit there in a chair watching my chooks and throwing them treats to eat.
If I keep it folded upright in an L-shape, would it be okay for a large nesting area in my coop? The chooks just sit on it and the eggs collect at the corner of the L. They can lay in their own spots along the couch, or in one big spot. When a chook goes broody, there is space for the rest of them.
I am guessing that it could double as a perch as well along the top of it.
I feel that this is a bit of a silly question. Yet I am contemplating whether to build a new, bigger coop for my chickens (I have four hens and three pullets, plus a dozen fertile eggs incubating right now). At the moment their coop is a corner of my 6m x 6m shed - and the most economical decision would be to just expand that area to half the shed. If need be I can build a smaller covered storage area adjacent to my shed. Also this would make space in the other half, as the couch would be with the chooks and actually being used!
I have wondered to put it on my patio as a day-bed on the front porch, but I feel that would just clutter it.
I often sit there in a chair watching my chooks and throwing them treats to eat.
If I keep it folded upright in an L-shape, would it be okay for a large nesting area in my coop? The chooks just sit on it and the eggs collect at the corner of the L. They can lay in their own spots along the couch, or in one big spot. When a chook goes broody, there is space for the rest of them.
I am guessing that it could double as a perch as well along the top of it.
I feel that this is a bit of a silly question. Yet I am contemplating whether to build a new, bigger coop for my chickens (I have four hens and three pullets, plus a dozen fertile eggs incubating right now). At the moment their coop is a corner of my 6m x 6m shed - and the most economical decision would be to just expand that area to half the shed. If need be I can build a smaller covered storage area adjacent to my shed. Also this would make space in the other half, as the couch would be with the chooks and actually being used!
