This side is how we access the coop to feed and water our chicks. We also clean it out from here. Having a raised coop also gives our chickens a shady place during the heat of the day, a place to take their dustbath, and a quick place to run for overhead predators (hawks). They can also run back into the coop.
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- Jun 21, 2012
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The new chicken playground. It's actually their new outdoor roosting area. They have been roosting on the rims of our large earthy planters. We figured the only way to get them to stay off the planters is to give them their own play area. My husband just built this today. Now we have to see how they take to it. (See our bunny in the center rear of the photo. He visits us every day. He doesn't seem to mind the chickens and they don't seem to mind him either.)
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- Jun 21, 2012
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This is the chicken coop my husband designed and built this past April. I am very proud of his design and effort. I have to finish decorating the outside yet. I plan to hang some faux plants from the front porch and decorate the sides. We can easily access our nesting boxes and we also have access on the opposite side to make cleaning a breeze! The chickens love roosting on the front porch.
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- Jun 21, 2012
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