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That I am yet to figure out..... First time wintering Chickens. I have another few weeks before I need to really worry as it is a day job to insulate.
Which is where I am leaning towards.
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the coop is up for Download on Google's 3d Warehouse for Google Sketchup.
Click here....
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ade57d632ce6b4dff5e6efed98d1b6e7&prevstart=0
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Of course you could put your crumble in these as well, I actually have one in another coop with Crumble and it works great, mind you the length of the tube is 4feet where as the ones you have seen are just over 2 feet.
In this coop I wanted to try out the 4 inch horizontal pvc feeder...
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I will be painting it, yet to choose what color. OBS will absorb moisture but it takes a while before it will Crumble.
I have one shed that is well over 10 years, all dark grey and weather'd still holding strong, however I am sure if you kicked it real good it would break easily.
I...
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The Nesting boxes were made from an old Shoe Cubby shelf from a Kindergarden Classroom under renovation. So imagine 30 of those Boxes all together as a giant wall unit. I just cut them in twos as needed.
So in a way I am recycling, in another way I cheated..
As for the Top, there is...
I can do better than a close up.....
Click on the images below and it will link you to a video of how I made them..
How to make the PVC feeder video
Part 1
Installing in inside the coop
Part 2
Here are some more pics...
Including the Roost as well as the Ventilation
Enjoy...
The roosts looking downwards
Looking straight in...
Pics of the ventilation
There are three holes at the top and they are covered with metal rain guards.
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Hey Thanks a bunch... Maybe I should get into carpentry?
as for the nest boxes, I have already set that up, there is little room there as it is but as we know chickens... LOL
But thanks for the reminder, and as for the paint.
Flat Black with White Trim!
Oh yeah!
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Not in this case,
I had built the coop at the end of a previously constructed run, and we had later fenced off the entire area. I had chosen this location ca all I would have to do is fence off the one side.
Materials for the fencing were nothing more than a 100 foot roll of 2 inch...
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Thanks Dave,
I appreciate that very much, I went a step further after reading your comment and decided to finally make a coop page.
Check it out
Jonny Anvil's Coop Page
LOL no worries.... you bet there are Roosts and they are inside... there are two roosts that run across the top of the walls I used rafters or bracing as my two Roosts, I can't find a picture right now but I will take one tonight.
I don't have a pic but I can illustrate with this picture from...
Hey Everyone,
Well it's done, took me over a week to do cause of my darn hernia's but proud to say that I managed to get it all done and the tenants are moved in and happy :woohoo:
With my latest additions of a quad of Black Orpingtons and my New Silver Laced Wyandottes I had decided to make...