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Need help with painting design of coop

post #1 of 27
3/13/11 at 12:10pm
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  • havi
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I have a little banty coop I need to paint and Im not sure what to paint on it. I have three different colors. The one is more of a reddish color. Not orange like the picture shows. And then the green is sorta like a seafoam green. These were "oops" paints I bought super cheap from WalMart. Anybody have any ideas on what I could do?


http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s32/havi_13/IMAG0211.jpg

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post #2 of 27
3/13/11 at 12:14pm

I think all red or all green would look good! I am half way done painting mine brown.

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post #3 of 27
3/13/11 at 12:19pm

If you could I would do it all green with white trim(if you can get white)

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post #4 of 27
3/13/11 at 12:26pm

I think you should try and coordinate the colors with your house.  If you can't do that, then anything in the Barn Red colors.

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~Gail~ My 2003 Mid-Life Crisis:  My small backyard flock of Bantams:  Coopa Cabana Cochins!  In 2013, my focus will be to continue working to improve my Golden Laced Bantam Cochins - the Midas Project!
Got Cochins?  Want Cochins?  Check out the 2012 Cochin Breeders Directory!
NPIP #84-111.  Member ABA; Cochins International; Rocky Mountain Feather Fanciers.

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post #5 of 27
3/13/11 at 12:44pm

I read that in a test hens preferred the color red to any other color th strange

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post #6 of 27
3/13/11 at 12:59pm
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  • havi
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Im not wanting to do the normal one solid color. Im wanting something more unique and different. I planned on using a mix of these three different colors. I plan on going tomorrow after work and see if they have any more colors for sale.

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post #7 of 27
3/13/11 at 6:05pm

Polka dots  thumbsup

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post #8 of 27
3/13/11 at 6:08pm
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  • havi
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booger's mom :

Polka dots  thumbsup


Ohh, if I could get another color or two. I could do polka dots and stripes. That would be cute! Thanks.

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post #9 of 27
3/13/11 at 6:19pm

Put in a lot of detailed trim! Have a base color for the coop, then do the window and door trim up. You could expand on the colors you have by adding a little white to any of them as well. Here is a picture of what I'm thinking. You could do this, but with the colors you have. smile

http://www.photoeverywhere.co.uk/west/usa/san_francisco/painted_house_frontDSC_6182.jpg

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Proud mother to a wonderful Min Pin/Pomeranian mix, 3 cats, 1 hermit crab, & numerous fish.... and finally! Chickens! 1 Black Australorp, 1 Barred Plymouth Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 1 Speckled Sussex, and an Easter Egger. Added 2011- An Easter Egger Roo, and a Buff Orpington. Newly added 2012- 1 Black Copper Maran, 1 Golden laced Wyandotte, 1 Deleware, and 3 Easter Eggers. 

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post #10 of 27
3/13/11 at 6:38pm
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That was sorta my original idea to go with. Because I have 3 maybe 4 more small coops to go. I wanted something different, but not to wildly out there.

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