Making A Chicken Coop Floor

A coop isn t just a shelter it s a house where your chickens live.

Making a chicken coop floor.

It ll take you around 1 days to build. For more on this style of coop an a frame coop check out my article diy a frame chicken coops. There are many reasons you may want a coop without a floor. For roofing plan the rafters place them flat and next cover the roof with the fabric glass.

Want an extra nesting box perch or more floor space. Having a chicken coop without a floor can come with many challenges including infestations of mice and rats. Before we start to the free plans it s important to know what makes a good chicken coop. 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.

Fill stable the chicken coop using extra wood and fill the sides with chicken wire to gain a chicken. Chicken coops get stinky and dirty really quickly. More things to consider when building a chicken coop cleaning the coop. I butted up the joists to the stringers and shot two 3 ring shank nails through the stringers into the end of each joist.

This small chicken coop will house 2 3 chickens and costs under 150 to build. 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. Easy build it yourself. 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. 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. Build chicken coop foundation to start off with i tackled making the floor for the coop from pressure treated 2x4s. And next to the chicken coop floor has been set in the air a little higher from the base level.

At the same time the nesting box frame has been made. It has two hinged doors one for access to the main area and the second to collect the eggs from the nest box. The first of which being you can build a coop to your and your hens exact needs. The first consideration will be cleaning the coop.