Recent content by Jeff8482

I believe that beautiful roo in the rear shows a U-back and he's a definite proud Dom roo!  Gorgeous! It almost seems that roo was posing for the photo.

Virginia

My Great Grandmother feeding what looks to be Dominiques in the 1930's.

My Great Grandmother feeding the chickens in Phoebus, Va in the 1930s.

If you pay rent in chicken feed, I can have you in the first of next month. :-)

Sorry for your loss, that must have been horrible. Good luck with the new coop. I look forward to the pictures.

Nice! Good job.

Yes! That's the 6x10. Good luck and have fun with it. I never thought I'd get hit by the chicken math. I mean, I always planned to add new chicks every year culling out the boys and such keeping the number in check. But there I was at the feed store when the day old chicks came in, and I...

My goal for flock size was between 6- 10, but my will power broke and I'm now at 16. When you read the book he gives several plans on different size houses. I believe there is a plan for a 6x10 coop in the book. The important part is keeping the ratios correct of the front and rear sections to...

I love it in all aspects. It did great in the snow, rain and wind. On bad weather days when they stay in, they really turn the deep litter thoroughly. I can relate to being tight, I probably wouldn't have built a coop of this size if I had to buy the lumber outright. I would suggest searching...

I originally laid out a plan to build it 8' x 14', but I stretched it a bit so I wouldn't have to split any of the boards that make up the walls. I didn't want the battens to look bunched up near a corner. So, after a lot of thought and beer the final dimensions ended up as 8' 9" x 14' 6".

Yes leaves over a dirt floor for deep litter.

More of the inside.

I currently have 6 chickens, all light Sussex. I'll snap some more inside pics for you tomorrow.

I'm in Virginia, pretty mild winters here. This coop style was designed in New England and should be able to withstand some harsh white stuff. Plus on mine I over built with the lumber I had available (free). In fact it's so over built that if we have another earthquake here I'm diving for the coop.