EverythingZen
Songster
I saw this in the newest ALDI catalogue and my first thought was "coop!". I'm extremely limited with time to either build a good coop or a budget to buy a ready to assemble kit, so I've been on the hunt since forever ago for some kind of compromise.
My rough plans with this would be to get two (maybe 3?) kits and join them frame to frame so they form a tunnel type walk-through coop. Then chicken wire the front half/two thirds, and roof and wall the rear one for protection etc. I'd keep the shelves as handy nesting box shelves for the rear and perhaps even put potted chook friendly plants in the front shelves. Roosts could easily be assembled, and with its handy 6' height I'd not need to worry about egg access because a simple door at the front is the only access I'd need.
Dimensions are 195H, 143W, 76D. Footprint would work out approximately 5' x 4.5' if I only used two frames. Three frames would increase it to 7.5' x 4.5'. I'd also not include the bottom floor shelf so they can use the extra space for more scratching about. Frames are tubular steel, so pretty durable.
If you've got thoughts, suggestions, reasons why it's not going to work, etc, please reply!
My rough plans with this would be to get two (maybe 3?) kits and join them frame to frame so they form a tunnel type walk-through coop. Then chicken wire the front half/two thirds, and roof and wall the rear one for protection etc. I'd keep the shelves as handy nesting box shelves for the rear and perhaps even put potted chook friendly plants in the front shelves. Roosts could easily be assembled, and with its handy 6' height I'd not need to worry about egg access because a simple door at the front is the only access I'd need.
Dimensions are 195H, 143W, 76D. Footprint would work out approximately 5' x 4.5' if I only used two frames. Three frames would increase it to 7.5' x 4.5'. I'd also not include the bottom floor shelf so they can use the extra space for more scratching about. Frames are tubular steel, so pretty durable.
If you've got thoughts, suggestions, reasons why it's not going to work, etc, please reply!