Ended Official BYC Coop Page Contest #8

[Flower Chick]

As far as I know, the Winter-Spring contest is still going on. No mention of winners or the contest ending from what I have seen. I say go ahead and post when you finish unless you see otherwise

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Yes, this contest is still open for entries

 

[kellyjeanne]

I don't have enough posts to make a page yet. As soon as I do, I'll start one!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I don't have enough posts to make a page yet.  As soon as I do, I'll start one!

That's great!
Keep trying, you should be able to make a page soon

 

[kellyjeanne]

I made a page! Now I have to finish my coop.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/modified-garden-coop-aka-hennsylvania (not yet an entry)

 

[countryladyNH]

Time-traveling couple with 'historical coop' in New Hampshire!


By: countryladyNH

Posted a few minutes ago • Last updated a few minutes ago • 1 view • 0 comments
Hi! We live in NEW HAMPSHIRE~
We are historical reenactors living in a little 240 yr. old house that has been a DIY labor of love to restore for over 17 years. We JUST got chickens for the first time---4 English buff orpingtons, and put up a coop. Always on a tight budget, we do pretty much everything ourselves and have a lot of fun working on our various projects! We had just finished building our own fence of trees we cut down, and had 'tricked out' our purchased coop with period style hardware, 'leaded' windows we did ourselves, and a few other things such as swing-out branch perches we designed and built from branches. Now the coop area blends in nicely with our old New Hampshire house.
My husband thought our fence was reminiscent of the stockade fences at Plimoth Plantation or Jamestown, etc., We had a salvaged-for-free piece of highly-weathered 18thc. board, and a 17thc. 'Brit' flag---since we do that type of reenacting. Hubby has a degree in illustration and design, and is creative and quirky. He said the fence reminded him of an "old fort"...SO...what did we do???
Well, created one, of course! We made our flag pole from a tree we cut down, and hubby hand-painted 'FORT ORPINGTON' in a 17thc. font on the old board, which we affixed to the fence around our coop and run! We think it looks just grand with our 18th century home and fits with the old-time lifestyle we live---(Yes, that is us in the avatar photo, and below in this post!)
You can see our old house and much more about the coop and hens here:
www.thecountryladyantiques.com
(Check out our TOUR page and our PROJECT page~)

*** JUNE 6---THANK YOU TO BYC for putting our coop photos on FACEBOOK. We are not Facebook members, but someone left a comment saying our coop was too close to the house and what about rodents and pests. In the first place, that is NOT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE; it is the large, original attached post and beam woodshed. In the second place, I clean our coop/run every single day.

















COME ON IN AND TOUR THE COOP...




We painted the inside a sunny, scrubable yellow...






We leaded the sliding windows ourselves, and Adam made the special removable 'predator proof' screen to reinforce the normal window screen. He designed it himself and used all materials we already had...

The coop floor is washable sheet vinyl, and we put down a layer of our special mixture of builders sand, sieved wood ash from our fireplaces, and DE powder. This keeps the hens healthy and is easy for me to clean every day. It doesn't need to be changed.
We have 2 nesting boxes. I made the cute blue gingham nest box curtains...


Our girls love their little home...



The chickens go into the coop from the attached run every night by themselves. They sleep on the roost shown here.
Adam made the removable 'poop tray' which is such a time saver. Every morning I just slide it out, dump the poop into the coop bucket to go to the compost pile, and wipe it off. It's a board that he covered with a remnant of 'stone look' sheet vinyl flooring that we got for free.



For the fall/winter we'll have a hanging mirror in the coop and some other distractions to keep the chickens entertained in bad weather...



...One thing is a cute little cd player/radio that we had. Chickens love music! Adam built a shelf up high in a corner of the coop and we have this plugged in there for them. Chickens love classical music...

 

[Birdy Buddy]

I made this tractor last spring for my new pullets. It's not beautiful but it is very utilitarian. I have five hens living here now. I'm old and disabled but I can move this coop easily because I tried to keep it as lightweight as possible. I can disassemble, move it and assemble it in about fifteen minutes now.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mikes-tractor-coop-de-ville

 

[kaperi]

 

[backyard2104621]

line up the bottom with wire then secure it on the ground by metal garden stake. Add cement block under the red cedar chicken coop for protect coop from get too much wet and wood swelling. fence up the area to try to keep these chicken in limited area.

 

[backyard2104621]

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