Here is a fairly inexpensive option from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/6Pcs-Wooden-Faux-Children-Kitchen/dp/B00IUNC8QI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434476026&sr=8-1&keywords=wooden+eggs&pebp=1434476027898&perid=0B1P6481HYHEV1ZSRR8G
A picture would certainly help. Can you just "fold" the ends with a hammer back into your "sub-roof?" I've been contemplating this as I'll be installing a new roof soon. I think I'm just going to run a few 2x4 joist to nail the roofing to (ie, so the nails have something to drive in to and...
I don't have time to draw it up, but you could easily extend the floor joists and decking slightly past the deck blocks... kind of like a very small porch all the way around, to which you could attach your hardware cloth or some other type of skirting boards. Any builder worth paying should be...
So, as total NOOBs to the chicken world, we ran over to the local TSC and bought more birds than we knew what to do with. We currently have 9, what I believe to be White Plymouth Rocks (correct me if you think otherwise). Right after we acquired our bird-herd, I stumbled across plans for the...
I was planning a 16 x 16 (256 sq ft) coop using concrete deck blocks for the foundation. I'd think they should work for your application.
Like these: http://www.lowes.com/pd_560913-44840-PIERBLOCK_1z0udao__?productId=50119507&pl=1
Does anybody out there have a good article or other source of information regarding electric fencing? I'm thinking of adding a "hot" wire around the bottom of my coop and run for additional predator protection. I plan to enclose the top of my run (ie, the "roof" part of the run) with chicken...
With our current coop we've been leaving the door open by necessity. The birds are outgrowing the coop and are always roosted outside the coop (but in their enclosed run) at night. We've been doing this for a few months now with no problems, BUT our coop is close enough to the house that...
The roof was perfect until we tried to run the straps over the part that overhangs the front and back of the coop... so where it's bent and split is our fault from our failed attempt at strapping it down. Oh well... live and learn.
Great. I just pulled the trigger and order my ADOR1 (EDIT: *after* reading that entire thread you posted above!) hoping it would be here for the weekend. Woodlands TX (their location) to South Louisiana is usually a day... so much for that.
My digging around on this forum leads me to believe that your coop and run design are only limited by your imagination and your wallet. I'd say go for it. My only suggestion, is that you should make it as easy as possible for YOU to get in and out of to clean, maintain, and access your birds...
A friend of mine recently purchased some property with two pigeon coops on it that he wanted to get rid of. We made it over there yesterday and I was able to pick one of them up (the other was too large to move and will require a permit to transport... you can see it in the background to the...