Lovely coop. Pleasing color. A paver stone walkway around the entrance toward the egg collection box will be nice footing for slushy rainy days. Having light is nice around the outside coop - it has helped us in deterring night life like rodents and coons and even from stray cats plus we don't leave any feed out overnight.We have finally finished the coop and run. There is a covered run and an open air run behind, which you can't really see in the photos. There is a pop door that leads from the enclosed run to the back run, large enough for the chickens to get through. The people door was just a pre-made door that we picked up at Home Depot. It was too tall so we just cut it down to fit the opening. We placed a solar panel on top of the coop which provides light at night inside the coop and we installed a misting unit in the run as It gets really hot here in the summer months. There are three nest boxes and two storage areas for small items. This chicken house currently houses 6 chickens but
is large enough to accommodate at least 10.
You're wise to stay with 6 hens instead of 10. The coop might hold 10 chickens but they need much more room in the outdoor pens. Our coop is only 4x6 but our girls are free range in a back yard from dawn to dusk so that's all the coop space they need.
You have a nice setup. Our climate requires misting in heatwaves and we invested in a portable Orbit Mister that can move around the yard. However our girls prefer hanging out under the popup canopy in the yard so we set up the Mister under it. They hang out in that shade nearly all day especially if the water is on. In the cooler winter months they'll snooze in one of the old recycled doghouses in the yard. What's nice is in spite of a lot of hiding/shelter areas in the yard they will still return to the coop to lay their eggs.
who wants to give me 50 acres ?
