My Aussie Summer Prepared Coop!

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This is my coop. Built for aussie summers the whole front is completely open. The roosts are quite high so the girls will get a breeze in summer and the hot air rizing in winter. Not that our winters are very cold (I have never seen the snow) . My main materials are cement fibre sheeting, treated timber and aviary mesh. Dad and me built the coop and I designed and built the nest boxes myself. The roosts are made from old curtain rods. The roof is poly carb plastic roof sheeting. We bought most of the materials except the roosts and the paved floor. The owner of the house before us left a mass of bricks piled up against the shed and we ocasionally use them.
they prefer to lay under the old BBQ. And they range all day. They all live together and the coop is 1.2 metres by 3 meters, it is around 6 feet tall. we managed to build most of it one weekend and finished it the next Saturday. They all are living very happily in their coop. View attachment 1474624 View attachment 1474625
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Nice repurposing….great photos but could use more details in the write-up
Could have used a little more information, but great pictures!

P.S: Your chickens are beautiful!
Nice!
Mine is positioned in the shade. We have a similar stack of bricks behind the old shed. Congratulations that is a well made coop
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So that is what Australia looks like... ;)
We have hot summers and mild winters too so I get your practical design. I actually have less sides on my two coops so air can just flow through. The second coop has no walls, just a few slats for privacy. Great job on your nest box. Bravo! Job well done. Missed your humor on this article, you write well.
 

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