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  1. fat brown hen

    Two hoop coops, sharing a wall

    I have a cattle panel hoop coop (pics here). I would like to build a second one. Due to space constraints, they would need to be side-by-side, like this shape: nn Out of frugality and laziness, I might like to have them share the center wall, so they look like this: m Are there any downsides to...
  2. AnitaBheer

    Making a larger hoop coop?

    I am building my first coop and enclosed run. I want to do a hoop style run with cattle panels (the actual coop is a 8x12 shed). But instead of a long skinny run, has anyone welded cattle panels together on the short end and made a wider hoop house? If you take two 16ft panels, overlap by a...
  3. Floof

    Hoop coop idea for overwintering my garden boxes

    ...and I ended up walking out with 7 ducklings for $2. I need a place to put them when they outgrow the brooder and I'm thinking of making 2 "hoop coops" to go over my unsuccessful garden boxes and over wintering them there. Our soil was poor and didn't hold water and didn't have enough...
  4. MrsJones05

    Hoop Coop Tractor vs Stationary Coop//Run in Winter

    This may be a dumb question but here goes… I’m trying to decide on what kind of coop to make. If you have a hoop tractor, do you leave it in one place during winter and put some sort of floor layering in it? (e.g., sand, straw, pellets, shavings, etc.)
  5. D

    New Hoop Coop/Run

    Hi all. My wife and I are green to the poultry life, but here's what we've constructed so far. 8'x16' open-air coop and run. We've added a few roosts, but we're looking for suggestions on what's right vs wrong, or any helpful insights. The space will be filled by 9 chicks and 3 geese...
  6. The Stinky Acres Farm Chicken Barn

    The Stinky Acres Farm Chicken Barn

    Introduction After 12 years my old budget chicken coop was falling apart and the rotted OSB siding riddled with holes was becoming a security risk. So in late 2021 I made the decision to move my chicken flock from their old coop to the barn next door originally built to house goats and sheep...
    • StinkyAcres
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    • 9 min read
    • 15+ capacity cattle panel run hoop coop walk-in
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Large Coops
  7. whudson

    Winterizing the hoop coop

    The old barn had to come down, so I built an 8x12 hoop coop for my 17 chickens. The rear is fully enclosed with the top and sides covered with hardware cloth and a tarp. The front is just hardware cloth and the door, with a small solar fan to blow fresh air toward the rear of the coop. With...
  8. CluckinOnTheYakus

    Winter ventilation question in a hoop coop

    This spring we made a hoop coop tractor to raise some meat birds in. After we butchered the meat birds I hatched out some chicks and they are currently in the hoop coop. We had intentions of building an actual coop but we hit a few snags this summer that unfortunately consumed most of our time...
  9. C

    What is best to cover over a quail hoop coop?

    Hello y'all! We're building a hoop coop for our quail. I want to make sure they are protected as possible from the elements. We're in North Texas and in the summer it can get over 100 and in the winter as low as the teens (occasionally single digits). The hot days last way longer than the cold...
    • carolms4
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    • aviary design coop covering hoop coop quail
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Quail
  10. N

    Chicks wanting to be tucked back into brooder each night

    ...day so they can get excercise and get used to their coop and then bringing them in at night until we could finish predator proofing the new hoop coop. I want to leave them in now, but when it starts getting dark they are all gathered at the front of the coop staring at the house peeping...
  11. Browniebird

    Hoop coop tractor? Better ideas?

    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...
  12. fat brown hen

    Does my hoop coop need a frame?

    This is sort of a slapdash build using whatever garbage I find on the side of the road. I have pallets held in place using t-posts, and two cattle panels hooped in the middle. I plan to add t-posts + pallets along the back and front, with one front pallet hinged for a door. I will bolt the...
  13. S

    "Docking Station" for Mobile Hoop Coop

    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...
  14. Sefirothe

    Hoop coop related question

    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...
  15. Our first attempt at a "hoop coop"

    Our first attempt at a "hoop coop"

    This is the bare bones of our first build of a "hoop coop". We have since added two large roosts, more structural 2x4s and chicken wire on the rear and front, and a 16x12ft heavy duty 20 mil thick tarp over it. We add tarps to front and back in bad weather.
    • NewJourney
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    • hoop coop
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Chicken Coops & Runs
  16. fuzzi

    Broody Set-up in Hoop Coop

    ...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...
  17. fuzzi's Hoop Coop

    fuzzi's Hoop Coop

    10/17/23 - Hoop Coop and its inhabitants
    • fuzzi
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    • bantams dominiques hoop coop speckled sussex
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Chicken Coops & Runs
  18. EmmaDonovan

    Adding square footage to cattle panel hoop coop

    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...
  19. fuzzi

    Hoop Coop Retrofit

    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...
  20. KSOILES

    Modified hoop coop

    ...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...
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