coop additions

  1. Ashb0429

    IKEA Nesting Boxes

    That’s right. IKEA makes nesting boxes. Ok, not really. However they DO make a very popular piece of furniture that doubles quite nicely as a nesting box. This started as shoe storage for me, later became a TV stand and now has found its final home as a nesting box. I’m pretty happy with it...
  2. Raising the Roosts in a Small Coop

    Raising the Roosts in a Small Coop

    A while ago we bought a chicken coop for our 5 chickens. We soon found out that it will be too small. We will work on expanding it soon. BUT for the time being, we had another problem to focus on.... Our chickens were sleeping in the nesting boxes! They have had a habit to huddle together ever...
    • ejtalbert
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    • Category: Small Coops
  3. TheBajan

    Changing direction... Changing coop?

    Two years ago we bought our first flock. We built our coop inside our pole barn. The coop itself is 8'x8' with an inside run that is 8'x16'. On the outside of the pole barn their is a partially covered run that goes around the corner of the building and is 11'x35' in one direction and 11'x9'...
  4. R

    Need Colorado Winter Coop Advice for Two Hens

    Hello everyone, I have had my girls since March, they are amazing egg layers and so healthy. They love to be outside and we had a coop that ended up not being great for Colorado fall or winter weather. It's so thin and water leaks into the nesting boxes and into the larger enclosed portion, not...
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