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converting a shed to house chickens?

By Jules., in Chickens, Eggs and Hatching

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I'm asking this question for a friend- she has a old shed which is not secure enough to house bikes, lawn movers etc, & she would like some advice on adapting it into a chicken house. Her hens will have a home-made run as well.

Apart from needing nestboxes & perches I'm not sure on how much ventilation the hens would need, or light?

I shall tell her about the possibility of the wood harbouring red mite.

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Lots of people convery sheds very succesfully, and they really only need the smae features as any other chicken housing!

It needs to be wind-wand-water tight, and it needs to have ventilation.

It needs to have as few nooks-and-cranies for mite to gather in, so that generally counts against felt roofs - if possible Onduline is much better, if she is replacing the roof.

Access for egg-collecting and cleaning - she needs to think about easiest way to sort this out.

But IMO it would be more useful for her to look at other poultry keeping forums where more people convert sheds.

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