The shed is where the nests are currently being STORED, since the coop has yet to be built. I had to do some major digging to get them out to photograph them. (I also do not actually have any chickens yet.) I am thinking of just putting this in the coop since there will be enough room. It's...
OK, the moment y'all have been waiting for:
There is a yardstick on top for reference. Each nest area is just under one cubic foot. Obviously, the outside will be painted.
Pic of future run:
The run area is in the foreground. The area where I live tends to get heavy wind during storms. We're talking 35-40mph sustained, 55-60mph gusts. The coop will be anchored down, of course, but I will need to anchor down the "chicken condo" as well. As for all those curious...
The coop will be separate from the nests. I bought a group of nesting boxes dubbed "Chicken Condo" from a feed store in Sacramento. I will try to get pix of the "condo" this coming weekend-right now it is buried in my shed. Stay tuned...
I bought a group of premade nesting boxes from a feed store, but I am not sure how far off the ground to put them. When I lived in Sacramento the next door neighbors were Ukrainian refugees who fled in the 1990s due to post-Soviet religious persecution, and their homebuilt boxes were around...