Making A Chicken Coop Floor

This small chicken coop will house 2 3 chickens and costs under 150 to build.

Making a chicken coop floor.

Chicken coops get stinky and dirty really quickly. If you want to build a basic chicken coop plan at least 5 square feet per chicken plus a nesting area of at least 1 square foot per hen. Place your chicken coop so that it is partially in the shade but still gets plenty of sun and add windows covered with chicken wire to ensure plenty of fresh air. Every night your chickens will deposit another pile of droppings in their coop and i find the easiest way to keep a chicken coop clean and fresh is to use the deep litter.

Still some chicken keepers swear by the dirt floor method and have discovered numerous ways to deal with the inherent problems. How to build the right chicken coop. I gathered 61 of the best looking easiest to build or the cheapest chicken coop plan available so you too can build it by yourself. Easy build it yourself.

Build chicken coop foundation to start off with i tackled making the floor for the coop from pressure treated 2x4s. At the same time the nesting box frame has been made. I butted up the joists to the stringers and shot two 3 ring shank nails through the stringers into the end of each joist. The first consideration will be cleaning the coop.

The first of which being you can build a coop to your and your hens exact needs. And next to the chicken coop floor has been set in the air a little higher from the base level. For more on this style of coop an a frame coop check out my article diy a frame chicken coops. A coop isn t just a shelter it s a house where your chickens live.

More things to consider when building a chicken coop cleaning the coop. Fill stable the chicken coop using extra wood and fill the sides with chicken wire to gain a chicken. Chicken coop checklist before you start building when it comes to building your own coop there are many advantages. For roofing plan the rafters place them flat and next cover the roof with the fabric glass.

Having a chicken coop without a floor can come with many challenges including infestations of mice and rats. Want an extra nesting box perch or more floor space. There are many reasons you may want a coop without a floor. Fast cheap and easy to build this all sounds good in theory but do a quick search of wire floors in chicken keeping forums and you will find that most people who have wire floors dislike them.