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Our carport was on the property when we bought our house. It seems to have been professionally installed as there are anchor cables and bolts that are driven into the ground so we don't have worries about the carport blowing away. The hardware cloth is attached to the steel frame as well as 2x4s...

Thanks so much! The poop catcher has proven very useful in keeping the coop clean. The outdoor fabric has held up very well. I dump it twice a week, hose it off every couple of weeks & use the pressure cleaner on it every 6 mos. I'd also like to report that we've had zero instances of predator...

I can't resist adding a couple of pictures of my daughters. This is my oldest with the one rooster we are keeping. (We have a few other roosters to get rid of yet) The rooster's name is Sue, as in a boy named Sue. He is a bantam cochin. He has feathers that go down his feet and flare out. He...

More thrift store finds turned nesting boxes. Overall view of the Master Bedroom. Oh, and if you're wondering were the Master Bathroom is, well, you're looking at that too. Can you tell I love thrift stores and garage sales? These cheap, unique plates were fun to hunt for. I'm going to...

My chickens could start to lay in two weeks, so I figured it was time to get their nesting boxes ready. Here's an old beat-up table I found at a thrift store for $1. Doesn't that just scream: NESTING BOX to you? A little paint & Viola! The basked on top is screwed into the table so...

Here is the watering system I made, based on more ideas I found on this site! Now off to make the nesting boxes!

I've finally finished the outer edges of the coop - adding rocks and covering the hardware cloth apron. Plus I've added a few more decorative touches.

I saw your post of your coop build a month ago or so. I think I stumbled across it when I was searching for "open air" coops! You did a great job!! Do you let your chickens out or do they stay in the coop/run always? What do you use in the coop on the floor? Is it some kind of mulch? Also, do...

I really like the poop hammocks - they make clean up a breeze. It only takes a few minutes. Here's a before photo. There's not a ton of poop here as this is only one day/night's poop collection, but I wanted to show the photos of the process. Really, I have been cleaning them every 2-3 days...

Thanks for all your nice comments and feedback.

And today I added our fancy schmancy poop hammocks - I'm thinking the black & white damask pattern will help conceal the droppings in between cleanings...we'll see. I used plastic tablecloth material, doubled it over & and sewed it so the plastic is on both sides. That way when I hose it down it...

Last week we moved the chickens from the brooder to the coop. I also made a larger feeder from a tutorial I found on here. It is working great! And next I have to make a new watering system. Right now they are just using what we used in the brooder - poultry nipples screwed...

Here's the chicken bed - King Size! I'm going to make a poop hammock to go underneath it.

Well, we're getting closer. I've finished painting the back & side walls. Plus we framed the front & put up hardware cloth. It is hard to see, but there is hardware cloth over the openings above the back wall as well. Our coop has two doors because we later plan to put up a fence that starts at...

We're still making progress. Here's the latest. We put up siding on each side at the back of the coop. Then I painted... And we added plywood to the back wall...

We ended up getting the sand they called DOT sand which is a washed sand. Looks like our Florida Beach sand. This is 4 yards of sand at $38/yard. I read on other posts where people paid $16/ton. Not sure how yards convert to tons. But I checked around and this was the best price available for...

For those of you who cover your run with sand over dirt.... Do you think 3" is deep enough? Or will the chickens scratch down through the sand to the dirt and mix it all up? Should I put landscape fabric over the dirt and then put the sand on top of that? Or will the chickens scratch...

Here is my DH breaking up the dirt so we can shovel it out. He doesn't understand why we can't just leave dirt in the coop. I explained to him that if I am the one keeping the coop & run clean and taking care of these chickens, then I want SAND! I told him to get a better attitude and pretend he...

We are turning a carport into an open air coop/covered run for our chickens. We live in Central Florida. I thought I would post some photos of our progress. I would appreciate your comments and advice - especially if you see something that could help us minimize mistakes as we are brand new...