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I am in a pickle here, we are being forced to move (long story) and I'm losing my chicken coop, but we can't afford to buy a place with prices right now so renting it is. That being said, my MIL can take my birds (which we will be banding to differentiate from her birds) for a temporary stay...

I am new here and to raising poultry (although I have dreamt of it for years!). We built an 8x10' mobile hoop coop for our 6 chicks and 6 guineas (they are 1 week old). During the day, the coop will be out and about on our 15 acre property. At night, I would like to have a "docking station" to...

Not really coop related but I’m sure someone here has dealt with this. For anyone who’s gotten the 16 ft cattle/livestock panels, how do you get them home? I have a truck but it only has a 5’ 8” bed. Can I curl up the panel to fit like an upward facing tube? Are they that flexible with out...

...and one roo (hatched 2/27/23), and four Dominique pullets (hatched 4/12/23). Two of the Sussex have already gone broody three times. My hoop coop is 16'x8' (128 sq ft.) and my flock stays contained within. The next time one of my hens goes broody I want to allow them to hatch the eggs, and...

If you wanted to add more square footage to an existing four panel hoop coop, and you could only add it to the sides and not the ends, how would you do it? This design adds one 4'x8' rectangle to each side, adding a total of 64 sq ft, but it requires cutting 36" holes in the 50" wide cattle...

I live in eastern NC, USDA Zone 8a, aka a hot and humid climate. I built my hoop coop this Spring, and it appears to be holding up pretty well... ...except for the tarp on top, despite the fact that it's supposedly a "heavy duty" tarp. The hem, including the grommets, ripped: Original...

...space to build a chicken run. The run that came with my coop is small and short (not walk-in.) I’m thinking af building a modified hoop coop, with a narrower base like a arched trellis. It would be framed similarly, with cattle panels reinforced with hardware cloth. I’d like to still have a...

Hi! I just wanted to post a pic of the final project. We finally had a break in rain long enough to get the sun shade up. Hopefully this will help.

So originally this was planned to be a father daughter project, but with surprised piglet my dad doing more of the work. This is a prototype for our specific needs, and I do plan to update things as time progress. I have a disability that causing my joints to go arthritic plus some vision...

This is brief walk around of my recent coop. It started life as a hoop house green house, but I had the hoops on top of two foot tall walls. High winds caused it to fold over. I have an acre, and no affordable way atm to fence in my whole acre, and make it coyote and dog proof, not to mention...

Hello- we live in northern Florida and we have been having a lot of rain. We have a hoop coop with three chickens (we recently got them about a week and half ago) but the sides are exposed so some of the bedding is wet. Is this cause for concern? The area with the nesting boxes is dry.

...want to plant a garden and raise some laying hens. I have a small yard so wanted to combine the two. My thought was to build a cattle panel hoop coop for the chicken run and have raised beds along either side of the coop, and use the cattle panels as a trellis for vertical gardening for...

My DH and I built a hoop coop last weekend. Sharing pictures from the build for those who might want to do something similar.. Specifications and requirements - Inside Sq footage - 6 ft x 8 ft Poop boards Adjustable ventilation Automatic chicken door Here's final product (inside and...

I had a free shade cloth offer through Am.azon, and thought it might be worth requesting for my hoop coop. It just arrived, and I am trying to figure out how to get some use out of it. It's long enough to cover the hoop all the way to the ground on both sides, and it's 6' wide...but there are...

Because I have about 0.25” of flat land on our entire property, my upcoming endeavor is to build a hoop coop on one of our hillsides for my new meat bird flock. I built a hoop coop for our bachelor pad last fall on where I thought was flat-ish land, and I’ve learned from that experience — the...

Hoop coop is cattle panels and hardware cloth build, but now the fourth wall and door frame need to be constructed. I've seen different types here on BYC, and I'm not sure which of two designs would be better. Please look at the pictures and give me your thoughts. Thanks! Here is the hoop...

My husband and I built a hoop coop that is mostly tarped with 1/4 of the hoop not tarped and the ends not tarped. I have 10 young pullets in it. I went out there a few minutes ago and it was 102 in there! The tarp is just trapping heat! Does anyone else have this problem? I dunked my girls in a...

...8 in case of chicken math. Plan is to do deep litter and build big enough for a fully enclosed setup. I'm currently looking at building a hoop coop using cattle panels because it frankly seems like the easiest possible option for success: cheapest materials, minimal woodworking, relatively...

A planning and doing thread... Once upon a time about 30 years ago I went to a flea market with a friend who was planning on purchasing some bantam chickens for her mini farm. She found a trio of hens plus a rooster, very fluffy...I think they were Silkies. I impulsively bought a trio of black...

So I'm building a 2nd coop. I'm attempting a hoop coop because I have limited carpentry-skills and tools. Nothing is square, level, or centered, which drives me a bit crazy, but it is what it is. With YouTube as my teacher, this is probably the best I can do. lol. On my next days off, I need to...