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Thanks you two... really. I hope others in mild climates are able to obtain inspiration for their own coops.

HELLO Everyone! I thought it to be fitting to resurrect my own old thread from last season. Ahhh.. the ideas and notions of a beginning chicken owner, the grand ideas and concepts that I thought might work. The worry over what to choose, where to put it, and how will the chickens like it...

dixy... If it were mine I would set a saw to those few uneven boards and slap a coat of paint or stain on it. It would help it to last longer. We still have a few nip/tucks here and there, including nest boxes. We are in the process of sawing off the ends of the extra boards, but during...

Thanks for the support! It's true, making it out of recycled items is definitely harder. I'm very glad that we did buy our base & roof though so at least that was "right" and as "true" as possible. Originally, my husband doubted the palette construction method, but after the first one went...

yellowdragon, THANK you SO much! I really appreciate your comments!!! I am really so excited to be done with the main hen house that I could throw a PARTY! I found out so many things while building, and I'm glad I did. Leaving 60% (or so) of my coop completely open has really been...

Ok everyone, HERE IT IS.. nearly completed, small touches still needed but the chicks have been living in for a week now! Here's a descriptive pic of what we've done next... a 4'X8' Tractor.....

Hey thanks you two! I think I will enter it into the contest, but since it's not a "pretty" coop, I suspect someone with window boxes will win after all that extra work everyone puts in to make it nice looking too, I think that's only fair; we're just throwing up whatever we have on the...

Well.. we're finally making some good progress, and here are the pictures to prove it... The rear wall started, one full palette featured here... The rear wall completed, we used 3 different palettes, in 2 sizes, because that's what we had (this is our 13 year old daughter working hard)...

Dilly, thank you so much for your support, I appreciate it. and thanks for the credit, also received & appreciated. I used to drive up to Topanga Canyon & Malibu every year to watch the fires... used to be a valley girl for a short while... I hear your plight and feel your frustration.

Well... we're making good progress... 4 walls up and roof structures is going up, however, we have had nothing but torrential rains here lately.. every frickin day <start rant> my NEW FLOOR is already warped & waterlogged!! I send the DD out after every rain to sweep off the water, and it's...

Let me first start by saying my local Lowe's in NEWPORT, TN is completely useless. They never have anything cheap stocked, and so the vinyl floor is OUT OUT OUT. Instead, and for a few dollars less, we bought a 10X13 pond liner! what could be more perfect for a sand & gravel base than a pond...

So here we are... about 6 hours into construction & prep. We have had to rethink some things as expected but mostly on how we are going to house many roosters, babies & hens. We will have to add a breeding run in order to keep track of who belongs to who, fortunately that doesn't really change...

Ok... We went to lowe's, sized the TufTex roofing we want to use & tweaked the sizing & orientation to accommodate 5 $30 sheets -$150, to me a fair price for a nice roof. We are buying 3 smoked panels and 2 clear installed in alternating fashion so they will have alot of natural light but not...

yes yes yes you are correct! I am uploading my corrected drawing now to reflect that... and doors to get out of the nursery & rooster house. I couldn't wait for my 8 australorp pullets coming late July, so i managed to find a local breeder and am picking up a straight run of 6 buff orpingtons...

So... I have revised my plan to include a brooding area & a place for a rooster to reside when isolated as well as integrated. I realized after reading more books, that I would have to let the natural process happen at least occassionally in order to actually save money and still keep up egg...

Quote: I meant sticking out from the side of the coop, with little lifty roofs so i can reach in to get eggs. As far as coop height.. I'm just not an over the top kinda person. I bought my house after it was destroyed, vandelized & left for demo in foreclosure. It had no water well was...

What are the winters like where you are Bodyflight? There are many of us in WI and MI that don't even insulate. Compared to the northern US we have mild winters. While it snows here in the mountains we usually only see a dusting of snow at our elevation. We MAY have 2 solid weeks of 20-30...

Thanks! I am learning to enjoy it here for sure. I've lived in a lot of places here in the states, and I really do miss the desert climate! No allergies, predictable weather conditions and the most amazing storms ever! But the smokies offer the same isolation possibilities as NM, NV, AZ or...

ok.. so it may yet be still tooo small. Well.. fortunately my simple rectange box can be expanded in any direction. I will consider where I should expand a few more feet and start work on the actual blue print. I am not sure we'll ever have MORE than 8 chickens, that's MORE than enough to...

Hi tricia! I'm guessing the coop will be around 4' tall by 3' deep by 7.5 feet wide, whatever will fit under a single sheet of corrugated roofing. Thanks for the "welcome"! I decided to get chickens when I learned (from 4H) that you can mail order them! A friend of my daughters ordered some...