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Show us your Christmas-ized coop!

post #1 of 161
12/1/11 at 12:56pm
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Was reading another thread about putting Christmas lights up on your coop.  Someone suggested making a thread for this, so I did!  Too much peer pressure...

Post your pictures of your Christmas-ized coops/barns/runs, with lights and other celebratory holiday season get ups!  I'm excited to see so I can have ideas for next year.

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post #2 of 161
12/2/11 at 7:01am

I made this small christmas wreath for my coop, with a metal coat hanger and some evergreen branches( from a fallen tree) smile

I am going to install my new solar christmas lights today on the coop and add the picture when it's done! It's snowing here....so beautiful!

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/111930_p1080059.jpg

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post #3 of 161
12/3/11 at 2:08pm

I installed the solar lights today so here's the picture...not much people putting their pics, I must be crazy  lol

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/111930_p1080093.jpg

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post #4 of 161
12/3/11 at 2:14pm

You're not crazy. You're just more efficient than some of us. I still haven't dug out the Advent wreath and calendar. I'm a whole week's worth of candle behind.

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1 JG, 1BO, 1 BLRW, 1 special-needs SLW(r.i.p. 4-21-12), 1 newly added EE/Blue Andelusian, 1 Bichon-Pom, 3 cats(r.i.p. Gus, 6-16-12), 2 grown kids, and 1 DH.

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post #5 of 161
12/3/11 at 2:17pm

Felony - I love it!

I'll be posting mine, but haven't finished the coop yet - still need to put on the roof and paint and we're running out of time and nice weather.  Hopefully, we'll finish next week and I'll put mine up (so no, you're not crazy, lol!) It's rained all day long today...

I'm going with the multi-colored lights too - they look so Christmasy!  wink

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Never complain about growing old ... 'tis a privilege denied to many" ~Mark Twain~
Home to my wonderful, chicken-tolerant DH, 2 sweet Golden Retrievers, 2 Black Copper Marans, 5 Barred Rocks, 3 Americaunas,
a gigantic BO rooster named Wesley, a baby BO named Buttercup, a Welsummer, 2 light Brahmas, a Buff Brahma,
and 2 silverlaced wyandottes (named Crowella de Ville).
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post #6 of 161
12/3/11 at 2:30pm

How cute!  I didn't know there were solar powered lights, I may have to find them and decorate my coop too wink

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post #7 of 161
12/3/11 at 2:35pm

hehe thanks....I don't work so much these days so have lots of time to do these kind of things...

Moogie, good luck with the weather, I hope you'll be done soon!! I'm still working on mine...and I started in june! roll improvements here and there, my husband, HE thinks i'm crazy lol

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post #8 of 161
12/3/11 at 2:39pm
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Originally Posted by goldfinches 

How cute!  I didn't know there were solar powered lights, I may have to find them and decorate my coop too wink


we live ''off the grid'' and when we bought the house the guy left them to us...I looked at the hardware store and they are quite pricey, so I didnt buy any for the house...but they work ok! the lights are not as bright as the electric ones, especially if it's overcast, but I think it's fine, you still get the christmas effect!

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post #9 of 161
12/3/11 at 2:45pm

Target has solar lights for $19.99, I think the strand is 19ft- but I could be remembering incorrectly, might be 16ft. A bit pricey but they had a three year warranty, and it's pretty cool to have solar lights for the coop!

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1 Blue Cochin, 1 Cuckoo Maran, 1 Welsummer, 1 Australorp, 1 Red star, 1 tuxedo cat, 1 pit-boxer mix, 1 happy home!

"Treat people as you would like to be treated. Karma's only a jerk if you are."
I do chicken portraits! You can see samples of my work at: http://society6.com/AlexandraHackett
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post #10 of 161
12/3/11 at 2:59pm

The pics are not great, but you get the idea smile

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/108619_002.jpg
Chicken run & coop

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/108619_005.jpg
Bunny run & shed

Our neighbors probably do think we are nuts, but too bad bun

*Patti*
Mom to 2 children, 2 large dogs, 2 lil bunnies, and 4 hens.
Wife to an awesome hubby
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*Patti*
Mom to 2 children, 2 large dogs, 2 lil bunnies, and 4 hens.
Wife to an awesome hubby
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