Recent content by lifeofpaine

My chickens run our backyard :) they love it. We are having issues with the roof. We don't know what kind of roof to do, 1 peak, big slant, lol

In the city I live in they require 2sqft/bird. BUT the city we want to get back into requires 4sqft/bird. So this coop will allow us to have 7chickens(max allowed in cities are 10) and 7 is fine for us. We only have 5 right now.

I was thinking maybe putting hardware cloth on the inside of the window, and then cutting out a door on the outside that can be hooked on the outside for opening and closing

Also keep in mind, I live in colorado. So we get snow. We have Dellies so they are hardy, but we still want to keep them warm. So IF I were to do a long window like that, how could I cover it for winter

Can you post a picture of that? I just dont know if I should make a roost bar length ways or short ways

Hey everyone, we started our coop today. But we need ideas for placement of the roost bar(s) and nest boxes (3) we figure the chicken door would be on a short side, but we need an egg door, and a human door (so I can get in and clean out the coop) The coop is 4ftwide, 7ft long, and 4ft high

Hey everyone! I was searching on Pinterest for chicken coops and we just cant afford those coops.. lol so I thought HEY! what if I took pallets(2pallets long and 2 pallets high) and put insulation in them and then put plywood on the inside of the pallet (to be the inside wall) and the siding...

Thays awesome! My husband used t I work at homedepot. He may be able to get pallats from them

Ok. We are WAY behind. Our chickens are 11wks now. They have been sleeping in a dog house at night and having full reign of the back yard since 6wks old. They are getting close to laying age and we NEED to build a coop and run. We are renting our house so it cant be permanent but I want it to be...

Does anyone have any good ideas for a contract for our landlord about the chickens? Basically we need his permission on the chicken coop permit to build the chicken coop in the back yard (yes, I know our stupidity for jumping the gun as we have 5-3wk old dellies now) but I guess he had a tenant...

Hahah my friend posted about premanti's (sp?) And I pronounced it 'pri-mon-tees' and my husband had no idea what I was talking about... I showed him the post and he laughed so hard and said "hunny, its 'pri-man-eez' " and I was like.... "ummm there is a 'T' in there" and he said "so.... you...

Hahah he showed me some 'pittsburgh dad' youtube videos and I dont know how you guys understand eachother lol

Ok. So my husband has found his coop plan. And shiuld be building it within the month. BUT since ALL if our animals love me the most. He wants to call dibs on decorating to coop. Lol he was born an raised in Pittsburgh and so... a die hard steelers fan lol. He wants to paint the coop black and...

Bump for advice?

Ok. We have 5-1wk old dellies. So we have approx 4wks til we have to have the coop built and ready to go :) I have read about sand, so I plan on using sand as substrate, but as far as coop designs, I would LOVE to be able to spray the house down for cleanings(or is that not reccomended?) My...