There are 18 (eighteen) of these roosting areas if that's what they are. Perhaps I could fit a small nesting box inside the frame. To give perspective, the wood is 2x4 and the screen is 1/4" hardware cloth.

The rafters where the florescent lights will go. The fixtures come with cool white, but I'm considering if I should put daylight tubes in them.

The (human) entrance to the coop. The box sitting on the lower roost in back contains two florescent light fixtures (2x4' tubes apiece). I have the materials to build the door using 1x6 frame and smart siding.

There are 18 (eighteen) of these roosting areas if that's what they are. Perhaps I could fit a small nesting box inside the frame. To give perspective, the wood is 2x4 and the screen is 1/4" hardware cloth.

Three other nesting boxes. The chicken door at the bottom of the pic needs to be replaced. I have purchased materials to make a new door for both chickens and Balloonjuice.

This is one of four nesting boxes in the coop. It may be obvious, but I replaced the top of the box while cleaning out the coop.

This structure began to fall away from the wall at some point in the past and it was shored up with the brace visible in the lower center of the photo. This room has not only florescent lights, but also a heat lamp. The "doors" on the front of the boxes open and can be latched. The empty area below the boxes may be a simple way to "clean" the boxes since the enclosed portion has a screen as a floor.

Does anyone have an idea? Is this an incubator, a special area of chicks, or something else entirely? It is located, not in the main coop, but in the secondary building.

There are 18 (eighteen) of these roosting areas if that's what they are. Perhaps I could fit a small nesting box inside the frame. To give perspective, the wood is 2x4 and the screen is 1/4" hardware cloth.

Balloonjuice
Jan 25, 2014

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