Ikea Chicken Coop. VOTE FOR US!!!

[Toast n Jelly]

Very talented

I voted.

 

[Highlander]

Got my vote!

 

[SoJoChickens]

Just voted. Good Luck!

 

[chickerdoodle]

I voted for your coop!

 

[09northernchick]

Now that is thinking outside of the box! Love it all! Added another vote for you!

 

[kelidei]

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you betcha!

 

[TriciaHowe]

 

[PhoenixPhlock]

Here's a run-down on the list of supplies we used.

Modal Bunk Bed $159.00 http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20102451
Trofast Bench with Drawers $69.00 + $2.00 ea. for the drawers http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20087525
Vika Oleby Legs $7.50 ea. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80115752
Gorm Bottle Rack $8.00 http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10058514
1/2 inch Hardware cloth aprox. $40.00 (In the picture, you can see we used a sturdy plastic, which was fine for months until a mouse discovered the feeder. We replaced that with the hardware cloth.)
Plywood $12.00
Reflective Roof Paint aprox. $20.00

We preferred to do it this way, because we knew it would be off the ground, sturdy, and with hardware included. We obviously had to improvise the roof and floor with purchased plywood, and also the hatch on the side (which we don't use by the way, I collect eggs through the main door very easily, thank you.) I can assemble things, not build them from scratch. It was also a ton of fun walking through Ikea with the mindset "ok, what can we use for our chicken coop?" My favorite find was the bottle rack...it looks like a ladder to me.

The chickens don't have a perch to roost on, their favorite place to sleep is just right on top of the nesting boxes.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Voted!

BTW, it would be SO cool to add the pics to a BYC Chicken Coop page for the next contest! Any chance you have during construction pics?

 

[kelidei]

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That is just plain awesome! Now you got me thinking.......