The more toys, chairs, stumps, etc penned chickens have will keep the boredom down! My yard is divided with a rabbit fence between the chickens' side and the "people's" side and even though open-ranged, I let my chickens into the people side a couple times a week just for a change from their...
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@Flock Master64 I'm glad you posted a pic of Rebatk1 's coop because I couldn't get linked to it to see it -- it's kinda small to see but better than nothing. Thx. Are you interested in publicizing the coop/hutch contest on the BYC thread "post your chicken coop pictures here" to...
Looks attractive to me -- and as long as there's ventilation and it stays dry the chickens will be happy! The OSB wall panels eventually will deteriorate but you'll get a few short years of use before having to worry about that -- unless there's a rain leak inside. I managed to keep our first...
Dare2Dream.com in our State will come onto the property and custom-build a coop on the premises - I'm sure other States have people who will come out and build too. TuffShed has only one chicken coop model but they will come onto the property and build it but it's not a walk-in design. For...
TeeHee! I'm 72 yrs old so a contractor had to do it for us! I can put up a small garden fence or decorative gate but for things that require permits I leave to the professionals .
Well, at least modifications can be done where it stands so hopefully there won't be a need to move it! You can join the rest of us flock owners who always find ways to modify/improve our existing coops. It's like our homes -- the work is never done! In our case we got motivated to do...
This coop design was one of the best ever and used since at least the early 1900's for good ventilation even in snow areas. Beautiful design -- do your hens ever romp in the snow?
Don't feel bad. It's just that so many of us used chicken poultry wire on our coops and either wild predators or ordinary neighborhood dogs easily destroyed the chicken wire on our coops. I looked closely at our 1-inch chicken wire and saw that the wire was only winding around itself and...
The uneven tin isn't even noticeable unless you point it out. From experience I can suggest that the chicken wire floor will uncurl/separate from itself and you might need to get a chainlink panel or gate or a dog kennel wire panel for the upper floor. The weak poultry chicken wire sags and...
I've been wanting to see a swing set converted to a chicken pen. I thought it was a great idea and nice to see someone converted one. Are the egg nests in there somewhere? A pic would be nice to see if you put one in.
I think the fun and prize is in seeing all the great coops and designs and configurations of coops and yards! I get good ideas from other inputs.
Most people have huge yards to display beautiful coop designs. We have a tiny cottage yard/patio and still manage to incorporate a way to keep 4...
BARN COOP IS CLOSE TO THE KITCHEN SLIDING DOOR UNDER A PATIO ROOF
LOOKING AT THE PATIO COOP FROM KITCHEN DOOR
COOP UNDER PATIO ROOF WITH KITCHEN SLIDING DOORS ON RIGHT, GARAGE DOOR AT REAR OF COOP
CHICKENS ARE FREE-RANGE BUT COOP HAS ADDED RUN IN CASE WE NEED TO PEN THE CHICKENS FOR A...