I faced the large doors out for just that reason. Easy access for cleaning. I too have 2 dog runs attached to the side with a small drop door there. I would definitely do the Rubbermade shed again. With minor modefications it has worked really well for us. Hope you find one reasonable that will...
Outer doors are closed & latched at night. The smaller drop door faces into the secure pen. I don't always close it on warm summer nights because many choose to roost out in the secure pen. I've had this set up for 3 years now & it has worked great! No predators have gotten in. Well worth the...
...you how thrilled I was to get the eggs through! All in all it turned out not to have been a problem at all...SURPRISE!
Here's what I learned...
*DO get there early
*DON"T be any trouble and keep your other "stuff" to a minimum
*Be polite and to the point... don't waste their time
*Do what...
...shed... my son picked it up this morning!
DH starting to unload...
DH & DS unloading...
as you can see... they had help... ummm, chicken p**p!
cardboard out to the burn pile...
April 30. 2011...
Another windy cloudy day...
My son built this roof/pen cover when he was in high school...
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Good point! Dogs are not a problem, or they haven't been for 30 years (the neighbor's old lab came up one day to "play" and my roo lost his pretty tail feathers... mentioned it to the neighbor and hasn't happened again... and that was 5 years ago)... but yes, coons come around every...
Thanks All!
I really love it and so do the girls & Remus. I wouldn't do anything differently. As for ventilation, for the Winter months I think it will be fine, with ready placed vents in each end AND it is not air tight (plus a few extra drill-size holes made when I made several "oops"...
Just got back from the Caribbean (relax, not as glamorous as it sounds... we were crew on a missionary boat for 15 days... very beautiful place, wonderful Caribbean people, but very hot, very hard and nothing is easy)... anyway, our Captain came back from shore and told me that there were 2 hens...
1400 lbs. of sand later...
Never used sand before so I hope it's as good as y'all say!
to see the whole project go to...
www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=59359
I just call mine "project birds"... and truthfully, I am trying to get a certain type of bird... BUT for every bird that is what I want, I probably have 10 that aren't. ... but you just might need those latent genes. They're my birds and I love 'em.
The resin Rubbermaid shed was very forgiving... a few temporary shims and a few I braces & screws and it all pulled together great. I would do this again.