2014 March Coop Challenge

[chickkrakidd]

It could count! Make sure you include all the little details so the picture will look really good!

Ok. Thanks!! I'll b sure& give it a try!

 

[jetdog]

I started building in February and finished last week, no plans just an idea of what I wanted 4X6X7ft tall, I wanted something i can stand up in, the window was reclaimed from a neighbor who is tearing down his barn, got a deal on a couple of bundles of damaged shingles $11, home depot has a 70 percent off rack with slightly damaged lumber so I raided that, painted the inside and all the paint came from habitat for humanity restore $18, I'm very pleased with the outcome just have to wait for the 3 feet of snow to go away and move it out back:-D

 

[jetdog]

Interior laying boxes with roost and poop board on top, will be filled with sand and sweet pdz.

 

[FluffyPuff]

I started building in February and finished last week, no plans just an idea of what I wanted 4X6X7ft tall, I wanted something i can stand up in, the window was reclaimed from a neighbor who is tearing down his barn, got a deal on a couple of bundles of damaged shingles $11, home depot has a 70 percent off rack with slightly damaged lumber so I raided that, painted the inside and all the paint came from habitat for humanity restore $18, I'm very pleased with the outcome just have to wait for the 3 feet of snow to go away and move it out back:-D

In December u could decorate like a ginger bread house! I love it! It's always great to use reclaimed materials!

 

[rc4u]

well for us in the north, I probably wont be able to start till april....just to cold out...but I am going to be seting up two coops one from my daughters a frame play house from 29 yrs ago and the other from a retired construction two ton van{like the big bread trucks}.. and I still have a lot of stuff from when I was builder...jeff

 

[chickkrakidd]

Interior laying boxes with roost and poop board on top, will be filled with sand and sweet pdz.

If u don't mind, I'm kinda gonna steal the roost& poop board part. I'm just going to use 5 gal buckets as nest boxes. Just take some plywood& cut semi- circles along the bottom edge so it'll sit over top of the buckets. I'll do 2 boards like that& screw a piece laying flat in between those two. That way I can just it over the buckets. To clean it out& put new/ more sand in it, all I gotta do is take it off the buckets& carry it outside.

 

[jetdog]

Sounds good, I made a back door to gather eggs and clean the poop board so I don't have to go inside.

 

[chickkrakidd]

Well, I don't really like the idea of having to go in, so I think I might put hinges on either the roof or the upper part of the back wall. Either way I'd be able to reach in& pull the piece out to clean it.

 

[chickkrakidd]

Of course I'd have to open the "door" part first

 

[CrazyChookLady5]

I started building in February and finished last week, no plans just an idea of what I wanted 4X6X7ft tall, I wanted something i can stand up in, the window was reclaimed from a neighbor who is tearing down his barn, got a deal on a couple of bundles of damaged shingles $11, home depot has a 70 percent off rack with slightly damaged lumber so I raided that, painted the inside and all the paint came from habitat for humanity restore $18, I'm very pleased with the outcome just have to wait for the 3 feet of snow to go away and move it out back:-D

cute, do you have any pics of inside??