Rural Gardening: New Coop, 1 by CountryGardens

CountryGardens wrote:
Anything works!
We have an old corn crib for our hens. One flock has the night time roosts in one of the cribs & the nest boxes & feed & water in the next room. We have a small red fluorescent bulb in the roost area on all the time. The light in the other room comes on at 6 AM & off at 9 PM. Nearly all the hens use the roost at night. Before the lights were installed, they were roosting everywhere, even in the nest boxes. Of course they were making a big mess!

The other flock also have 2 rooms. All feed & water is in one room.
The door for them to go outdoors is also in the feeding room.
Seems to work.

Bernie