Recent content by Strongflock

Yes the whole back opens up, I did that so it will make clean up a bit easier. I do not have a picture of the final product with the roost ladder in there but that is on the opposite wall as the hen house and along the front by the window so they can have a nice view. :)

Hi guys and gals I realized I never got around to putting up a finished picture of my chicken coop so here it is.

Yes I plan on putting in a few just have not got them in yet.

Well got my window all installed today, I imagine the girls will like the breeze through their coop a lot better now then before when I just had six 3in holes drilled through the top board running between the rafters. All I have left to do know is make a door to get into the backs of the hen...

No, the back of the hen houses are open so I am going to make an access door on that wall so that I can just open the door and reach in from the outside and just grab the eggs.

Ok good to know thank you, I would of never have thought to put some fake eggs or golf balls in there I will put some in tomorrow.

So this weekend I tackled putting the back doors on my coop so that clean up will be a lot easier. Over all I think it turned out well and will make things a lot easier. On a side note when I took the back wall off of the coop to start building the door I noticed up in the far corner we had...

Yep it is in the works, just got done framing it in yesterday. :)

It was a heck of a lot of digging, we had to go down about 36in on the one end, did it all by hand. Yes I plan on putting up a gutter on the back side and running it into a drainage sock at some point...

That is a nice looking coop, good use of pallets. That's how I learned all that I know also is by working with my dad.

Thank you, it has been a process but it is almost complete now.

Yes we have a running joke that the chickens have nicer floors in their house then we do in ours...lol

Hi all just thought I would share my coop with everyone. The majority of the wood came from what used to be a lean-to so the cost on the total project has been pretty low. First I had to build a retaining wall to get some somewhat flat ground to build my foundation. I used #9 gravel as a...

Good to know about the the fox during the day. I thought they just mainly come out in the evening or early morning to look for food. Yes my daughter loves our flock and she is learning valuable life lessons with them also. It has also got her really active with animals so we are thinking of...

Yes he went after them this afternoon. Yes they do have a run attached to their coop that they are in. I only let them free range when I am home, so they will stay in the coop a little more often and they will be more looked after when they are out. We have only seen a fox a few times since we...