IvyBeans
Songster
As the title says, I live in western Washington, where it rains most of the winter.
My run is basically my side yard, it’s long and narrow. Much bigger than it needs to be based on number of chickens I have. Since it has a wood fence on one side and house on the other, I don’t want to put solid roof the whole thing in or I worry it will be dark. There’s no neighbor on the other side of the fence. We don’t have a functioning HOA. It’s technically too close to the property line, but so is everyone else’s sheds and putting it here makes it as far as it can be from neighbors.
I also really can’t have smell and the cost of the coop has made it so my husband does not want to spend much more money.
Is sand going to be a problem in a rainy climate. There’s already gravel in the side yard, so it would be sand over gravel. Can I just throw in some PDZ?
Wood chips would be more expensive and I am more worried about smell and maintenance. I can’t wait for free chip drop. I can do it if it’s truly better.
I’m using wood pellets in the coop, I thought about doing them in the run, too, but it’s about 160 square feet and I’m not sure how well it would last and gets expensive
My run is basically my side yard, it’s long and narrow. Much bigger than it needs to be based on number of chickens I have. Since it has a wood fence on one side and house on the other, I don’t want to put solid roof the whole thing in or I worry it will be dark. There’s no neighbor on the other side of the fence. We don’t have a functioning HOA. It’s technically too close to the property line, but so is everyone else’s sheds and putting it here makes it as far as it can be from neighbors.
I also really can’t have smell and the cost of the coop has made it so my husband does not want to spend much more money.
Is sand going to be a problem in a rainy climate. There’s already gravel in the side yard, so it would be sand over gravel. Can I just throw in some PDZ?
Wood chips would be more expensive and I am more worried about smell and maintenance. I can’t wait for free chip drop. I can do it if it’s truly better.
I’m using wood pellets in the coop, I thought about doing them in the run, too, but it’s about 160 square feet and I’m not sure how well it would last and gets expensive
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