HAHA... I am a true minimalist. I'm finally getting my family on-board with this concept. Just keep in mind that minimalist doesn't have to equate to lackluster, shoddy, or cheap..
Back in the early to mid 90s when banks were throwing money out of helicopters I went into the home building business. We were building million + $ houses back before they were common and life was good. I had a serious automobile accident at the age of 24 which resulted in loosing my business...
I'm off work for the next 2 nights it's my weekend) so I'm going to spend a few hours tonight at work scrounging through junk pallets, which are mostly new pallets that are odd sizes so we just throw away by the truck load. I figure in a couple or 3 weeks I'll have enough materials to start my...
I can get a ton of pallet wood from my job, but since they are constructed from "wet' wood most of the boards are too bowed and warped to use as/is. Hopefully a planer and joiner are in next year's shop purchases. Anyways, I love the purposed wood builds.
I'm definitely down with the vinyl flooring trick... might even fab up one of those slide out trays to get the bulk of the nastiness out at one whack, and to remove in order to let the water have someplace to go whenever it needs a good hose job.
I'm a former home builder so building the...
It may seem so, but I've looked at so many pictures of pre-fab units online, and quite a few on here as well where interior walls weren't used, so... aww shucks - I guess you're right.
I'm wondering if it would be worth the extra $100(ish) bucks to finish the inside of my small coop with plyboard interior walls, or if the painted framing and inside of the exterior walls would be OK as is? I'm imaging poo getting piled up on everywhere there is a flat surface.
Besides the...
That helps a lot... I think I'm going to up-size to a 4X6 or 4XX8 foot coop with an 8 foot run (tractor style). I want about 6 laying hens and enough room to access the coop for proper cleanings. my landlady has an old shed that is around 8X10 foot so I might renovate that for ra9ising some meat...
So many coops to look at, and it's been quite an education.
I may have missed a few throughout my browsing that would answer my question, but, does anyone with a 4'X4'ish coop have a good shot of the inside showing the roosting bar locations? That is the only thing I haven't got figured out so far.