First night in the new coop! We waited until they were roosting for almost an hour in the old coop before we moved them over one at a time. Overall went really smooth. Now they are in lock down for a few days so they get all nested in so to speak.

We've learned so much from this site and have taken some of the ideas we liked best and incorporated them into our coop. Here you can see a few of them; holes between each box and curtains on the top row. Yes I said curtains. Made from some old blue jeans, they will offer our hens both privacy and a stylish box that says "Yes, yes they are skinny jeans".

Here you can see the anchor in action. The bottom door has chains on it so we can set the egg basket on it. Still need to build a platform under it to make it easier for some of the shorter egg collectors to reach the top row, lol.

The doors to the nesting boxes. Notice the old boat anchor? When the top door is raised it lowers and hold the door up.

First night in the new coop! We waited until they were roosting for almost an hour in the old coop before we moved them over one at a time. Overall went really smooth. Now they are in lock down for a few days so they get all nested in so to speak.

Recycled a vinyl billboard to cover the wood floor. Should work better than paint and its free! For now we are covering it with pine shavings but the plan is to switch to sand by this spring.

A friend just built a 3,500sq ft house and had a bunch of fiber cement siding left over. Doing a little trading, I am going to frame in a room for him in his garage and the siding is all mine!

Ripped 2'x4's in half makes really cheap trim boards. I bought them new since I was about out of straight boards by now. They were primed and painted before installing them.

First night in the new coop! We waited until they were roosting for almost an hour in the old coop before we moved them over one at a time. Overall went really smooth. Now they are in lock down for a few days so they get all nested in so to speak.

MikeyJoe
Oct 5, 2015

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