- Feb 11, 2010
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Finally finished our new girls' coop last weekend. The hardest part of the design was: I wanted a coop that was knock-down, that I could unassemble and reassemble at another location. It took two months to design and build, and about two hours to assemble, using furniture inserts. Unassembled, it looked something like this:
When I put it together:
There is ventilation along the entire roof ridgecap. Both front and side windows open, with hardware cloth inside. The pop door locks, and there are predator (read raccoon) proof latches on the run door, the door to the nest box . . .
and the door to the hen house proper.
The overall dimensions are 3 x 8 feet, standing approximately 7 feet high. The hen house proper is 3 x 4 feet, with the roost running lengthwise. There is a shelf below the roost with a stainless steel tray for droppings . . .
which is removable from a small side entry . . .
The coop is definitely in an urban environment, so we decided it would look best if we painted the coop to match the house color and trim. Wired for electricity, my wife calls it Cluckingham Palace.
When I put it together:
There is ventilation along the entire roof ridgecap. Both front and side windows open, with hardware cloth inside. The pop door locks, and there are predator (read raccoon) proof latches on the run door, the door to the nest box . . .
and the door to the hen house proper.
The overall dimensions are 3 x 8 feet, standing approximately 7 feet high. The hen house proper is 3 x 4 feet, with the roost running lengthwise. There is a shelf below the roost with a stainless steel tray for droppings . . .
which is removable from a small side entry . . .
The coop is definitely in an urban environment, so we decided it would look best if we painted the coop to match the house color and trim. Wired for electricity, my wife calls it Cluckingham Palace.
