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post #1 of 10
7/13/12 at 3:21pm
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Finally got the new coop finished. Used to have an A-Frame type coop that took up an 8'x8' footprint so I said, "What the heck" might as well build a square coop that was 8'x8'. It also allowed me to go from 6 hens (for the past 3 years) to 16 now!! The girls are about 12 weeks old now and loving the new digs...

 

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These are inside, my feeder and roosts with poop boards...

 

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post #2 of 10
7/13/12 at 3:30pm

Great job!!!

Enjoying my 10-acres of country heaven with 50+ chickens, turkeys and muscovy ducks!

 

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Enjoying my 10-acres of country heaven with 50+ chickens, turkeys and muscovy ducks!

 

Read about my fox attack here

Read a fox attack survival story here

How to build a hoop house in 10 easy steps here

 

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post #3 of 10
7/13/12 at 3:54pm

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That is one sweet looking coop you have there.

Nice work!

LOVE the flower box and the color.
 

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post #4 of 10
7/13/12 at 7:55pm

Looks great! How many nestboxes do you have?

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post #5 of 10
7/14/12 at 12:47am

I'm jealous!  I love it!

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We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

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post #6 of 10
7/14/12 at 1:02am

Awesome! i love seeing pics of what others are doing i like the roost set up you have.

Chickens- 3 GLW, 3 Red Stars, 3 White rocks, 1 Blue Andalusian, 2 Australorps, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Welsummers, 1 White Wyandotte, 1 Silver spangled hamburg, 1 Exchequre leghorn, 2 EE, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 barnyard mix and a Buff Silkie

(we were going to start small LOL)

 

2 Black Shetland sheep

2 Pygmy goats

3 Pekin ducks

1 (Black) Blue Swedish duck

1 Ball python

2 dogs and 2 cats

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Chickens- 3 GLW, 3 Red Stars, 3 White rocks, 1 Blue Andalusian, 2 Australorps, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Welsummers, 1 White Wyandotte, 1 Silver spangled hamburg, 1 Exchequre leghorn, 2 EE, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 barnyard mix and a Buff Silkie

(we were going to start small LOL)

 

2 Black Shetland sheep

2 Pygmy goats

3 Pekin ducks

1 (Black) Blue Swedish duck

1 Ball python

2 dogs and 2 cats

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post #7 of 10
7/14/12 at 4:01am
Lovely coop, did you use plastic deer netting for the run walls? You will want to rethink that as it won't stop any predators from getting to them.

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post #8 of 10
7/14/12 at 7:36am

Lovely coop!

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post #9 of 10
7/14/12 at 8:24am
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There are 4 nest boxes, you can kinda see them along the back wall in a couple of the pictures....

 

Needs something on the front now, right??  A nice tin sign or plaque or something....

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post #10 of 10
7/14/12 at 9:27am
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There are 4 nest boxes, you can kinda see them along the back wall in a couple of the pictures....

 

Needs something on the front now, right??  A nice tin sign or plaque or something....


We found a nice wooden chicken and put her on our door to our coop.   She was already painted, and happened to match our coop colors perfectly.   I also bought wooden letters spelling EGGS, and painted them, and we hung them is a cute, artsy tilted fashion across the coop above the nesting boxes.   I love the way it looks. 

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