It all started with the small idea that chickens would make a great pet for our one year old daughter. Both my husband and I agreed and decided to build a chicken coop in our backyard. We have the space, checked the city codes to make sure we weren't breaking any laws and enlisted the help of a...
It took me from May until now to finally post this and make a page showing our coop. Hope you enjoy!!
Here is the link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=22574-chicken-coop-deluxe
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That's a great idea and a very nice coop you built. Did you attach the wire at the bottom or did you only lay it out and back fill?
We put preassure treated wood, cut to fit, between the cement piers and stapled the wire to that and then layed it out in the foot deep ditch we dug and...
Thanks a bunch! It was alot of work and we are still working on it! We have 6 buff's and they love it! They have been out there since they were 5 weeks old. They are now 8 weeks old and my house is alot less dusty!!!
This is how we set our posts. We used concrete block piers with brackets set in them. You can find them at Lowes or Home Depot. Worked out great because we built in a really rocky area as well. Here is what it looks like almost done.
We buried the hardware cloth about 12 inches under ground...
We have 6 buff Orpingtons, they are feathered out and have been living outside for the past week. We almost completely finished our coop,just need trim and misc. paint. My question is since we have a fully enclosed run that is covered with 1/2 inch hardware cloth and buried 1 foot underground...
Thanks for the responses.
Looks really solid - maybe a little too much so?
For the urban backyard, where hard core predators are not an issue, I would prefer something mobile. That way I could use it as a fertilizer factory, moving it around at will: over garden beds and rotating it around...
We started this last weekend. My DH and I were hoping for simple and cute now we have a large chicken mansion for our 6 buff Orpingtons. I am thrilled and can't wait until it is finished. A great friend Travis helped us with the design and is helping to put it all together. The guys are working...
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I was wondering if chickens will eat hop plants and if they will are they bad for them. I wanted to grow hops around our chicken run this spring/ summer. Thought it would provide a little shade and make the run a little prettier. Any knowledge on this matter would be great. We are first...
Hi every one!
Just another Oregonian jumping on board with Chickens. We are going to start building our coop and hopefully have our peeps by the middle of March. Anyway, HELLO from Bend, Oregon!!!!
Hi everyone,
My family and I are really new to the idea of raising chickens. My DH and I decided it would be both fun and very educational for our daughter to have a pet! Don't want the responsibility of a puppy/kitty just yet so we decided chickens would be the way to go + we really love eggs...