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post #11 of 274
4/16/10 at 5:29am

I picked up a Purina brochure on chicken housing and care last time i bought feed. this plan was in there, right next to recomendations of 2-2.5 sq ft for standard size brown egg birds less for white egg layers so that is where they get the 8 hens will fit. It looks like a good coop and the plans are well laid out.


Edited by rubyrogue - 4/16/10 at 10:37am
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post #12 of 274
4/16/10 at 8:58am
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Originally Posted by rubyrogue 

I picked up a Purina brochure on chicken housing and care last time i bought feed. this plan was in there, right next to recomendations of 2-2.5 sq ft for standard size brown egg birds less for white egg layers.


Well I am ignoring that part. It's 4x4 which will be fine for my 4 hens. I was really looking for 4x6, but that's just so I could justify buying 2 more birds, lol.

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post #13 of 274
4/16/10 at 10:38am

I think it would be pretty easy to adust and expand and allow you to get those 2 more birds, or 4 or 6 wink

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post #14 of 274
4/16/10 at 10:19pm
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Originally Posted by rubyrogue 

I think it would be pretty easy to adjust and expand and allow you to get those 2 more birds, or 4 or 6 wink


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post #15 of 274
4/17/10 at 7:19am

In the picture, it shows the 3 chickens facing 'front'; if they were all facing the other way, wouldn't they poop on the one below them?  How do you make chickens face the way they 'should'?

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post #16 of 274
4/17/10 at 12:51pm

FYI - There is a slight design flaw in these plans.  Unfortunately I didnt catch it until I had nailed everything up tight.  The roof framing calls for the second board in from the sides to have a inside measurement of 49".  Well if I had paid close enough attention I would have known that if the outside measurement of the floor is 48" then that measurement would need to transfer up to the roof section.  oops!  I just cut the sheeting 48x48 and split the difference at the top.  Nothing paint wont cover.

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post #17 of 274
4/17/10 at 1:05pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubyrogue 

I picked up a Purina brochure on chicken housing and care last time i bought feed. this plan was in there, right next to recomendations of 2-2.5 sq ft for standard size brown egg birds less for white egg layers.


Well I am ignoring that part. It's 4x4 which will be fine for my 4 hens. I was really looking for 4x6, but that's just so I could justify buying 2 more birds, lol.


Mine's 4x6 but it has a regular peak roof  instead of a shed roof - on the 6' side, one entire side opens for cleaning and the other side has a 2'x3' window. the 4' sides have 3 nest boxes on one end and the pop door and a 1'x1' window/screen. I'm planning on 6 hens.

Pretty sure I have pics up on my page. If not, this weekend I'llk finally be done digging n the fencing for the run and take final pics.

"I figured the cost of the coop plus chickens plus feed. If we get four eggs a day from six chickens, they will cost us $85 each. And they'll be worth every dime." William H. Macy.

Although we're now at 3 - count 'em, THREE! - eggs, so our cost-per-egg is more like $275 per egg. That will change once we have all 5 chickens laying, not just one.
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"I figured the cost of the coop plus chickens plus feed. If we get four eggs a day from six chickens, they will cost us $85 each. And they'll be worth every dime." William H. Macy.

Although we're now at 3 - count 'em, THREE! - eggs, so our cost-per-egg is more like $275 per egg. That will change once we have all 5 chickens laying, not just one.
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post #18 of 274
4/23/10 at 9:54pm

According to the general consensus here, the coop should have 4sf/bird.
Going by that rule, this design could barely accommodate 2 birds.

I'm drawing up plans right now, and wow.
This is gonna be more like a guest house!

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post #19 of 274
4/24/10 at 9:59am
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Originally Posted by KenCoesta 

According to the general consensus here, the coop should have 4sf/bird.
Going by that rule, this design could barely accommodate 2 birds.

I'm drawing up plans right now, and wow.
This is gonna be more like a guest house!


If the coop is 4'x4' that would = 16 sq.ft. which would accommodate 4 birds with the 4 sq. ft./bird rule.

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post #20 of 274
4/24/10 at 7:27pm

I built this same coop and really like it.  Look at my BYC page to see all the details.

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