Check out an old 10x12 shed on our property that was converted to our coop:
This is the covered section of our 35 foot run behind the shed. We used plastic corrugated roofing:
Here is a nipple waterer I made out of a 55 gallon rain barrel drum. You can find recycled drums like this at car washes for free. They use them to bring in the soap!
These are our chicks when they arrived at 1 day old: 1 Buff Orpington named Mae [West] because she's a blond and has a large chickee breast. 1 Black Australrop named Ella [Fitzgerald] because she peeps the loudest. And 15 Speckled Sussex.
Here are the chickees at nearly 4 weeks having some fun outside looking for bugs:
In addition, our little 3 acre mini farm has two blue-eyed Nigerian Dwarf doe goats. Here is Scarlet Rose:
And here is Gracie:
This the 16x16 barn I built to house the goats. I need to put windows in it still. Sigh!
![CIMG2935-1.jpg CIMG2935-1.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388137-d97cfea29dd4e89e988fe138d45bd065.jpg)
This is the covered section of our 35 foot run behind the shed. We used plastic corrugated roofing:
![CIMG2937.jpg CIMG2937.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388138-cd2831f1cc9e5c84e583e7abf50fab80.jpg)
Here is a nipple waterer I made out of a 55 gallon rain barrel drum. You can find recycled drums like this at car washes for free. They use them to bring in the soap!
![CIMG2978.jpg CIMG2978.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388139-db7f4f319c3f20471b328b9595f48eeb.jpg)
![CIMG2979.jpg CIMG2979.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388140-acffe0273b0a0bb6744a1c3925c74b55.jpg)
![CIMG2957.jpg CIMG2957.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388141-9c87c7a1f70779c3db754df0e9764944.jpg)
These are our chicks when they arrived at 1 day old: 1 Buff Orpington named Mae [West] because she's a blond and has a large chickee breast. 1 Black Australrop named Ella [Fitzgerald] because she peeps the loudest. And 15 Speckled Sussex.
![74598_sany0304.jpg 74598_sany0304.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388142-aa202319b809eed4614df89f604c7f4a.jpg)
Here are the chickees at nearly 4 weeks having some fun outside looking for bugs:
![SANY0313.jpg SANY0313.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388143-0e3d76c7e0d897899c1598af1eb98968.jpg)
In addition, our little 3 acre mini farm has two blue-eyed Nigerian Dwarf doe goats. Here is Scarlet Rose:
![P3290039.jpg P3290039.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388144-a1a1ade8e3fbd13b82d11c38c3dcd60c.jpg)
And here is Gracie:
![gracie.jpg gracie.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388145-c9b2634da5dd812ee883804b912e6057.jpg)
This the 16x16 barn I built to house the goats. I need to put windows in it still. Sigh!
![barnpaintedred.jpg barnpaintedred.jpg](https://www.backyardchickens.com/data/attachments/1388/1388146-6bf7b2b043767ad069445b1595edcd0b.jpg)