I still have a little more work to do on the coop, going to add stairs for easier access to the top portion and add more hardware cloth over the top of run. Also need to add shutters to the windows.
Chickens spent their first night in the upper part last night.
Hey y’all, I’ve been reading this thread from the beginning, took me a couple of weeks. Thanks for all the great tips, suggestions and entertainment.
I’m new to raising chickens and almost have my coop and run complete, I cheated a little bit in converting a kids play house into my coop.
There is wood trim around all the windows, sandwiching the hardware cloth. All is attached with 1” staples from an air stapler.
Around the run the hardware cloth is buried 1’ straight down and will eventually enclose the entire bottom half. Also the eves are all closed off with hardware cloth...
I’m new to the forum and to raising chickens, that said when I bought my house last year it came with a “chicken coop” with a child’s play house on top. I’m converting the play house into a hen house and looking for experienced insight into what I’m doing wrong and right.
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