A-Frame Coop Finished...*** New Pics Added pg 5***

[Maryallison77]

Looks wonderful! Good job!

 

[halo]

You really did a great job....wheres the chickies??

 

[UrbanMama]

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Mmmmmm....hatching this week???

Seriously though, the eggs I got from you are going in the hatcher tomorrow night and they look great (there's 11 that developed and none have quit so far!)

The rest of our chicks are still in brooders in the house....it's going to be a looonnnggg winter!

 

[bantamfan]

Great job young lady, you should be proud of your accomplishment.
I am curious though why you chose the A frame design after your research? I've looked at lots of plans, and the A frame design has some interesting features, but I am curious as to what decided you on the design?
My coop measures 20X20, vertical walls, sloped roof, and the walls are poured cinder/sand and cement walls. They were there when I bought the property 35 years ago. A divorce forced me to move, and so am looking at building another coop and starting over, though on a smaller scale, so am looking at coop designs, hence may asking you.
I love the way you cronicled your construction project, I've sure enjoyed watching yours go up.

Thanks again, Bantamfan

 

[chickiebaby]

This might be my fave coop ever. I love everything about it. I bet it'll be nice and warm for the birdies in winter. I take it you plan to turn the clear wall south?

Anyway, its a sweet and wonderful coop. Well done!

 

[Weasleymum]

That is a beautiful coop! I just love the clear, green-house style roof, I really wanted to do something like that for my coop but I was worried that it would get too hot inside in the summer, since I'm in the South with hot, muggy summers.

 

[UrbanMama]

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone! I was outside this afternoon doing some final fall clean-up type stuff and decided to check on the a-frame....there was grass growing in there!!! The rest of the yard is frozen (at least a couple inches down) and we have soft ground with green, baby grass in the a-frame. How cool is that!

Bantamfan, there were several things that made me decide on the a-frame style. Cost-wise per sf, temp in winter, ease of building etc. If I had to do it again, I'd stick with the a-frame and probably go bigger...your old 20x20 sounds like my dream coop!

 

[CrazyFowlFreak]

Nice!
I bow to your womanly building skillz and only wish I was as cool as you! I would've lost a hand building that. DH is the builder here. I am so impressed!

 

[dlfridie]

Amazing A-frame! Nice square footage too. Can we see the chikens in there ?

 

[Mahonri]

Wow, that coop is like Fort Knox.

I only have two concerns looking at it.

1. Nest boxes. They should always be lower than the roosts or the birds will roost in them. AND how do you keep the eggs from rolling out of the nest boxes.

2. Ventilation. While it looks like it would help keep them warm during the cool Massachusets winters, it looks like it could be an oven during the summer, especially if that's corrugated metal sheets on the outside.

You really did put a lot of wonderful work and effort into it. The wind shouldn't knock it over and the snow will drain right off of it!

Good job.