Inside the Coop
Inside the coop we have four individual pens that are 9' high, 4' 1/2" wide, 6' 1/2" long. Each pen has coop doors placed right in the center of each pen that leads to their individual runs which are 4' 1/2" wide and 24' long, 7' tall.
The inside pens have hanging feeders to prevent the chickens from getting the feeders full of shavings and poo. We also place 3 gallon flat back water buckets in each pen inside and out and hang with a double snap on the galvanized wire. For dusting we placed a shallow plastic container under each nesting box for the chickens to bath in. Our mixture is filled with DE, ashes from our fireplace, sand, and dirt. We also use pig feeders for hen scratch, oyster shell, worms, and flax seed. We used round dowel poles for roosting, and placed them at an angel with in the corner of each pen.
We have tried many ways of watering and feeding containers and what we use seems to work best for our coop & maybe it will work for yours too!
The inside pens have hanging feeders to prevent the chickens from getting the feeders full of shavings and poo. We also place 3 gallon flat back water buckets in each pen inside and out and hang with a double snap on the galvanized wire. For dusting we placed a shallow plastic container under each nesting box for the chickens to bath in. Our mixture is filled with DE, ashes from our fireplace, sand, and dirt. We also use pig feeders for hen scratch, oyster shell, worms, and flax seed. We used round dowel poles for roosting, and placed them at an angel with in the corner of each pen.
We have tried many ways of watering and feeding containers and what we use seems to work best for our coop & maybe it will work for yours too!
A coop Design that is similar to our coop.
