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post #51 of 78

9/13/09 at 8:23pm

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Nifty, the 'ghetto feeder' is priceless!!! but...... I'm getting ideas hide

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9/13/09 at 8:30pm

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I'd like to say "the frankenfeeder and ghetto coop were before I was associated with BYC!" but I don't think it would have made much difference. roll

If there is one thing I got from my dad (besides my striking good looks and amazing humility) it is the weakness of function over form... translation: "Who cares what it looks like if you it is cheap, quick, and easy and gets the job done!?"

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9/13/09 at 8:31pm

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Originally Posted by Nifty-Chicken

If there is one thing I got from my dad (besides my striking good looks and amazing humility)....

roll roll roll
Stop that. My eyeballs need oiling now.

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9/13/09 at 8:43pm

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Some of these coops aren't ugly at all!

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Showgirls, silkies, speckled sussex, and RIP Hazel.

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9/13/09 at 8:58pm

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Ladyhawke, sorry to hear about your stroke. It sounds as if you are doing well and enjoying your birds. Thanks for sharing your story.

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9/13/09 at 9:37pm

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O.K., this is a shot from the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Just do a search for chicken coops and you might find a relative's contribution to the art. This is my favorite. It was taken by Russell Lee, near El Indio Texas in 1939. It is titled `Chicken Roosts' (predator proofing?). Looks like an Alexander Calder on acid and leaves the coyotes flummoxed (righteous).

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

There is form, and there is function. That which possesses beautiful form is that which functions beautifully.

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9/14/09 at 12:03am

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Originally Posted by onecent

this is the inside

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk110/onecent42/26.jpg

more of the outside, has a 20x20 dog pen for a run

Glad to see I'm not the only one using an old covered cat box for a nest box.

It's perfect size and prevented it from becoming landfill material!!

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9/14/09 at 6:23am

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Ivan, wow...where did you find that picture?!!! I looks like the instead of my coop!!!! I love the natural look

here is a part view of the inside of mine... big_smile I love to take pictures or wooden signs and put them on my coop, well thats my idea, so far only have 2...but this picture would be awesome with a wooden branch frame....