Moss On A Roof For Chicken Coop

If you live in the city and need only a few chickens or in the country and you need lots of chickens we have the chicken coop for you.

Moss on a roof for chicken coop.

Perhaps the best quality of peat moss as a chicken coop bedding is its absorbency. Keeps moisture out of the coop. Place the roof on top of the coop. Sloped so that rain and snow slide off.

Then i trim off the excess wire and tuck more moss around the edges or anywhere that the wire is still visible. A good chicken coop roof has these qualities. Quality portable chicken coops built in millersburg ohio. Check our our mini chicken coop shed roof coop and our most popular coop the walk in chicken coop.

A coop also requires elevated roosting perches where the chickens can sleep nesting boxes where they can lay eggs and a connected run or pen where chickens can roam. Check to see that there is an overhang at both the front and back of the coop. I secure the soil moss and plants in place with chicken wire pulled tightly and stapled to the frame of the roof. A chicken coop needs proper ventilation a roof and walls for protection from the elements and a doorway for the chickens to enter usually attached to a ramp entrance.

In order for a roof to be durable you need a material that doesn t absorb moisture doesn t rip off in the wind and doesn t break down under the sun s rays. Peat is amazing at absorbing moisture. When tested against 8 other types of chicken coop bedding including pine wood shavings and. What makes a good chicken coop roof.

We offer several different styles and many different sizes of chicken coops.