Ended Official BYC Coop Page Contest #11 - Win a Brinsea ChickSafe Eco Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener!

[casportpony]

I think I'm gonna be finished with my first big coop build by this weekend! I'll start drafting out my article now. Very excited to enter!

I look forward to seeing your article!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Ski chalet coop, ...Coop is mini me to house...

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Can I re-enter?

 

[casportpony]

Can I re-enter?

You cannot re-enter with an article if you entered it in one of the previous coop article contests.

 

[Raysal]

This is my coop! Hope yall like it

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/coop-idea-hope-you-like-it.76247/

 

[cluckmecoop7]

You cannot re-enter with an article if you entered it in one of the previous coop article contests.

Okay

 

[casportpony]

Hey everyone, get out there and get some pictures of your coops this winter and enter this contest!

Chilly Coop Contest

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[EMTgirl1821]

Reclaimed Wood Pallet Coop
It took the neighbors dog busting through our store bought coop and eliminating our flock to realize I wanted a beefer coop for our new batch of chickens. The neighbor has a machine shop in his garage and he has what could easily be the worlds biggest pallets!! It took some effort to disassemble them, but well worth it.
I wasn't exactly sure of the floor plan. My dad and I sat down and did some crude sketches, but no real floor plan, which means most of it was made on the fly!! We buried the 4x4" posts 2 feet into the ground for stability in Colorado weather. My dad helped with the framing of the coop and run. My son and I put in the individual slates that make up the floor, walls, nesting boxes and using an old stair hand rail for the roosting bars! We put on a recycled metal roof from the neighbors donkey shed. I used hardware cloth for the open air ventilation for the enclosed run, and put in "Rip bars" in honor of the neighbors bird dog! I laid down chicken wire before putting down the "floor" of the run to keep out any predators and to keep the chickens from digging down too far.
There is also a 30' x 10' run they go into every day- unless theres snow, for some reason, my girls won't go outside if theres more than 2" on snow- not that I blame them.I hang their food under the floor of the roosting area. I'm so excited, I just installed a heated rain barrel water bar for the girls since my heated waterer's heater died this winter. In Colorado winter, I have found its no fun carrying back and forth water every morning and night.

 

[casportpony]

Reclaimed Wood Pallet Coop
It took the neighbors dog busting through our store bought coop and eliminating our flock to realize I wanted a beefer coop for our new batch of chickens. The neighbor has a machine shop in his garage and he has what could easily be the worlds biggest pallets!! It took some effort to disassemble them, but well worth it.
I wasn't exactly sure of the floor plan. My dad and I sat down and did some crude sketches, but no real floor plan, which means most of it was made on the fly!! We buried the 4x4" posts 2 feet into the ground for stability in Colorado weather. My dad helped with the framing of the coop and run. My son and I put in the individual slates that make up the floor, walls, nesting boxes and using an old stair hand rail for the roosting bars! We put on a recycled metal roof from the neighbors donkey shed. I used hardware cloth for the open air ventilation for the enclosed run, and put in "Rip bars" in honor of the neighbors bird dog! I laid down chicken wire before putting down the "floor" of the run to keep out any predators and to keep the chickens from digging down too far.
There is also a 30' x 10' run they go into every day- unless theres snow, for some reason, my girls won't go outside if theres more than 2" on snow- not that I blame them.I hang their food under the floor of the roosting area. I'm so excited, I just installed a heated rain barrel water bar for the girls since my heated waterer's heater died this winter. In Colorado winter, I have found its no fun carrying back and forth water every morning and night.

Hi there, do you want to enter this contest? If so, can you create an article?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/categories/chicken-coops.12/

 

[EMTgirl1821]

Hi there, do you want to enter this contest? If so, can you create an article?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/categories/chicken-coops.12/

Yes I'm trying to enter. I just added it as an article. Thank you, I was having trouble finding it.