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TOPIC: Chicken Run

Chicken Run 22 Aug 2014 17:55 #2226

Jody OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 60 Good Job(s): 6	Can a chicken run have a concrete bottom....or does it have to be grass? Thanks!
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Chicken Run 22 Aug 2014 18:47 #2227

SoCalDeere OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 40 Good Job(s): 9	Only reason I could see as a downside is not being able to scratch and find things to eat Why would want to go to expense and hassle of laying concreate "is that a chicken joke ?" Joanne Whorely/ The Laugh In TV show All over then pen ?
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Chicken Run 23 Aug 2014 05:04 #2233

Jody OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 60 Good Job(s): 6	Thank you! We have a concrete slab out behind our back garage & my husband thought he could cut into the garage & make the coop area & then enclose part of the concrete as the run. (our back garage just houses our canoes,kayaks & lawn tractor so there is plenty of room for the coop part) Thanks!
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Chicken Run 23 Aug 2014 05:24 #2234

web72087 OFFLINE New Member Posts: 2	my aunt has a large slab attached to her barn that the chickens use. she has like 60-70 chickens just makes for easier clean up
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Chicken Run 23 Aug 2014 05:31 #2236

Jody OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 60 Good Job(s): 6	Does she have any kind of grassy area for them? We are only looking to get about 3 chickens, so if we needed to we could add in a little grassy section near the concrete. Thanks!!
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Chicken Run 23 Aug 2014 05:35 #2238

web72087 OFFLINE New Member Posts: 2	there is like 1 foot around the outside and they dont have to weed wack around the fence because they peck anything that grows, in the coop is all dirt floor just the outside run it cement
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Chicken Run 23 Aug 2014 05:51 #2239

Jody OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 60 Good Job(s): 6	Great...thank you!!
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Chicken Run 23 Aug 2014 10:29 #2241

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It can be good and bad, it just depends on how much cleaning you want to do. For me there are major benefits for the dirt for them. They love scratching around, they will have their own dust bath area, they can pick up minerals as they need it from the soil, straw and other bedding will compost way faster on soil, so I'll will soak up most liquids, there manures or bring around worms, etc etc:)

Concrete will be easier to clean but you will have some board chickens. That will mean they will try and get out of that area. I would really need to see the site to say if it's going to be really bad or if it will be okay:)

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Chicken Run 23 Aug 2014 12:47 #2242

SoCalDeere OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 40 Good Job(s): 9	Almost all livestock would perfer to dirt/grass If You have a grassy area or dirt for them away from the coop area think about makeing a chicken run tunnel some times called a chunnel on You Tube to bet the "girls" to a place to feed and scratch
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Chicken Run 23 Aug 2014 23:13 #2244

HFI_Matt ~ Humble Servant ~ OFFLINE ADMIN Posts: 927 Good Job(s): 108	Chicken chunnels are awesome:) We already have a member that has shared hers here on the forum! See it here: buff.ly/1siv3DB
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