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  1. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    We started putting a pen attached to the Ameraucana coop today. This will be my only covered coop, unless I count a small separation pen I have. It won't be a predator-proof cover, just to keep the birds from flying out and a hawk from flying in. As soon as that is complete and I get/build a...
  2. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    Oh, not many. This is only for my Ameraucana trio plus one Speckled Sussex pullet, so just four. The area, if I did my math on the area of hexagons correctly, is about 27 or 28 sq ft. According to sq ft rules, I should be able to house maybe six or seven hens inside, but I wouldn't stretch it...
  3. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    Thanks, Kamus. Here is a link to the construction photos; sorry, it's in the same album as all my Ameraucana photos since it was to be their coop. The posts are just basically sunk into the ground and sitting on a rock ledge. The holes were dug with post hole diggers since our auger pullstart...
  4. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    I don't think so. Rob already has a write up of my main coop on the BYC coop pages with about six pages of construction photos. I don't want to be famous, LOL.
  5. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    Thank you all for the kind words. Today, we installed the working window, which we had to make. The interesting thing is that we made it with what we had, a plexiglass etching that DH made in his college days. It's of castles or something in Russia and mountains. Hey, it's what we had, so it was...
  6. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    It was a bit complicated, but for having no experience with these types of angles and this many angles, I think he did a fine job. I love to do things for close to free since I can afford FREE! It would have cost $20 less if I had used the paint I had, but I thought it deserved its very own...
  7. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    Funny you should say that. The teenage boy nextdoor to us was loud, drunk and with friends last night. And although they are maybe 300 ft away from us, we are up on a hill and sound carries. Well, he's not supposed to be nextdoor. His dad and grandmother live there and he lives officially with...
  8. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    I'll never understand how a rooster is noise pollution and a nonstop barking dog is not, as well as truck engines roaring, horns honking, loud music pounding, etc. I love my roosters and their crowing, even if Suede does sound like a bull moose sometimes, LOL. You'll just have to move! That's...
  9. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    So, you think it looks like a spaceship, huh? We thought it had that "Forestry Service Firetower" look, LOL, especially with the colors I chose for it. I am anxious to get the working window put in place, the floor painted and the pen built. I want the Ameraucana pullets to lay their first eggs...
  10. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    No, Carri, that could backfire. After the initial sting, he might think he's sick and go to bed, to be waited on hand and foot. I wouldnt risk it.
  11. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    Oh, I bet Lynn's right about the lethal gene! No problems with these if that's where you got it. And her rooster was a gorgeous boy-here is his son, Scout, the sire of my future Ameraucana chicks.
  12. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    Thanks, everyone. Tiff, the first coop I built was 70 ft or so from the house. I can see all three coops from my kitchen and master bedroom windows. The shed we retrofitted part of as another coop is maybe 55 ft from the house and I think you can see the main coop from one of the pics of the...
  13. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    Thanks, all. Deb, same here. He went into the Air Force six months after we married, retired in 94 in his early 40's, then worked about 9 years for a technology company. We "declared voluntary poverty" in 2002 when we bought this place so he could quit-his back is really bad, in spite of...
  14. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    Deb, watch out! The man grew up on that food...and he loves grits, too, LOL.
  15. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    LOL, I got my guy in college and just decided to keep him. Good thing I did, huh? Thanks for all the kind words. We've been working around almost daily thunderstorms for two weeks and even though we aren't quite finished, I thought it was done enough to post the pics. My perfectionist DH is not...
  16. speckledhen

    Ok, folks, Unveiling The Ameraucana Breeding Coop(Added Pics)

    When I decided to keep an Ameraucana cockerel for my two blue pullets, I also wanted to build another coop since my other two roosters have their own women and their own private coops/runs. I told DH it didn't have to be fancy. He said, "Well, what if it is?" and proceeded to design this. You...
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