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Hi ChickenFever! Actually, at first, I put singles on the roof but it turned out to be too heavy to easily lift. So, I hinged the section in the gable and covered it with just one row of shingles at the gable nailed only on the side that doesn't move; and one row of ridge singles on top. This...

BTW - Dilly - your feeder looks GREAT!!!! Let me know how it works out for you!

Thanks for all the tips and compliments! I created my nesting boxes now too. Can't wait for the chickens to start laying! Someone mentioned ventilation... I have something like a soffit vent under the far side of the roof covered in chicken wire. I'm hoping that works... if not, I'll have to...

This is the door I made to keep my chickens in the house at night. It’s on a string to be lowered at night to keep them ultra safe. Door I built the entire coop and run to be easy to open and clean. I remember as a boy, my grandfather always had chickens and it stunk so bad I was never...

Someone asked what type they were. We have: My daugther's chickens: 2 Araucanas (one started crowing this morning! Oh no!) Coco & Reeses My oldest son's chickens: 2 Sex Links Batman & Cartman My youngest son's chickens: 2 Comets Henny & Penny More pictures coming later today.

Thanks everyone for your kind words about my coop! I'll take some more detailed pictures tomorrow of the feeder and the way the coop opens to clean it and post them. Thanks for the tip on entering the coop contest too - I think I'm going to enter. The feeder is made with PVC piping and I used...

So, my kids got baby chicks for Easter... and I realized what a commitment this would be - but I didn't realize how long it would take me to build a chicken coop! I've been surfing this site for months while the chickens were growing up in my basement and I'm proud to say, I finally built the...