Belton Coop
We built this 8x8 run and 4x4 coop for 3 Rhode Island Reds, 1 Buff Orphington and 1 Barred Rock. We built it over an outdoor carpet than was once home to a pool and used construction grade sand as our surface. In the coop are 2 roosts, hanging food and water (stays cleaner) and...
Valentino's Journey
So, one of our 3 Rhode Island Red hens ended up being a rooster. THis became an issue because we can't keep them where we live. I started a mad scramble to post online everywhere and the call and email farms and 4h groups to try to find this guy a home. A co-worker of my...
Coop Plans
Note: I made plans for the build months ago. Once I started connecting the wall panels I realized a large mistake. I had not included the fact that some of the walls would be covered by chicken wire in my calculations. THis has caused the coop itself to not be a 4 ft x 4 ft square...