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Almost Finished with our New Chicken House!

post #1 of 20
2/5/12 at 10:25pm
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Camera 004.jpgCamera 001.jpgCamera 002.jpgCamera 003.jpgCamera 005.jpgNew House is 8 x 16. We still need to add steps,paint,trim,hardware wire the window and are waiting on the autmatic door. MY chickens will be free-ranging.The house was built under the awning of the big barn.

My husband and son worked very hard, I am proud of them!

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post #2 of 20
2/5/12 at 10:30pm

This looks great! I love that you used milk crated as your nesting boxes.

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post #3 of 20
2/5/12 at 11:41pm
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VERY nice!  I like to see hanging feeders, and I also use ladder style roosts.  Really good job!  Do you have the feeder down that low in anticipation of young chicks needed to use it?  If not, raise them to about chicken head height; not too high for the shorter birds to feed from it.  That way they won't beak the feed out of it onto the floor. 

 

LOVE the size of your chicken house!

-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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post #4 of 20
2/6/12 at 12:05am

Wow. I wonder if my chicken coop will ever be quite that well built! Your husband and son have done an amazing job big_smile.png

 

 

"There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter....Which luckily I am"

- Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

 

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"There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter....Which luckily I am"

- Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

 

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post #5 of 20
2/6/12 at 12:51am

dear bro. super working

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post #6 of 20
2/6/12 at 1:54am

Aww should have checked this out before posting my thread.  That looks awesome.  I reckon I might need to steal some of your decor ideas.  Might have to look in the local second hand store for some shelving to use, and we have Dairy Farmers mik depot just up the road to pinch some crates. :D  Well done.  It looks fantastic

 


Edited by mychookau - 2/6/12 at 2:20am
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post #7 of 20
2/6/12 at 2:56am

Check out the lumber! 

Married to the old dude, 0 human kids, 2 horses, 10 cockatiels, 2 parakeets, 1 sun conure, 1 amazon parrot,  1 eccentric peacock, 1 gsd, 1 pet terrapin, 1 Blue Copper Maran rooster, and 14 world famous Jersey Giants!

 

 

Stan the Man will be missed.

 

 

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Married to the old dude, 0 human kids, 2 horses, 10 cockatiels, 2 parakeets, 1 sun conure, 1 amazon parrot,  1 eccentric peacock, 1 gsd, 1 pet terrapin, 1 Blue Copper Maran rooster, and 14 world famous Jersey Giants!

 

 

Stan the Man will be missed.

 

 

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post #8 of 20
2/6/12 at 3:55am

looks professional! I like the nest boxes too!

3 young Silkies, 1 Brittany bird dog, 1 Chihuahua mix, a ferrel kitty and me!

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3 young Silkies, 1 Brittany bird dog, 1 Chihuahua mix, a ferrel kitty and me!

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post #9 of 20
2/6/12 at 4:17am

Wow looks great and your chickens look so happy....and beautiful roosters by the way : )

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post #10 of 20
2/6/12 at 9:56am
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Thanks everyone for the feedback!  I think we should have made the nestbox holder smaller and maybe stacked some on the bottom, they are laying underneath it. Also, they don't seem to like

the holes in the crates when they try to situate themselves- I think I will go to the dollar store and get some cheap mousepads (slick ones you can clean) to put in the bottom.

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Check out the lumber! 

We're in Oregon! My husband works in a sawmill and friends work in a plywood mill. We paid $5.00 a sheet for 10' shop plywood. I also paid $30.00 for the door and for the window from a local place that recycles building materials!

 

 


Edited by angelbabyamy - 2/6/12 at 10:12am
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