The Taj-Ma-Coop
The plans started out as a 10x12 shed with a conventional roof. Then I found a link to a 10x12 chicken coop (https://ag.tennessee.edu/BESS/Extension/ExtPubs/Plans/6248.pdf ), but I didn't like the height, the roofline, and the side walls.
The Rough Design - I decided to mix it up...
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Cuckoo Created by bsb
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Limited experience, purchased 5 hens at 9 months old, great, reliable layers. Very sturdy birds, and friendly.
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I was here searching for this topic because we have at least one hen dropping eggs from the roost.
The culprit is dropping eggs before we get out there, which is right around dawn.
We are in the process of finishing our large scale coop, they are all crammed into a small one I built for...
We were planning on 3 hens, but ended up with 6 to start. This coop worked out very well as a late brooder with a single heatlamp, and has been housing them at night for the last 3 months - as I scramble to build a much larger coop (with 12-24 hens in mind, down the road).
I know that this is...