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Rebecca Norman wrote:I don't understand what the shelves are in the photo of the trailer-coop above. For sleeping, chickens like perch bars, just sticks, not shelves. Shelves will collect inches and inches of poop.
Dave Dahlsrud wrote:That coup should be able to hold a ton of birds! You might be getting a little top heavy though.....might want to shrink it down a bit to keep it stable especially if your pasture is bumpy or off camber. How many birds are you planning on getting? You could probably get around 36-40 birds in something about 5 feet high if you puzzle in the perches just right.
Rebecca Norman wrote:I don't understand what the shelves are in the photo of the trailer-coop above. For sleeping, chickens like perch bars, just sticks, not shelves. Shelves will collect inches and inches of poop. Perching bars should be stepped so they don't poop on top of each other all night.
Or are they nest boxes? I don't usually see nest boxes more than two levels high, but I don't know.
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