ALABAMA!!

[Brie6895]

I should have added I made sure to put the vents on the inside of the run so the predators would have to get inside the run to get inside the vents. The pictures I have right now are not that good. Tomorrow morning when it's daylight I'll take a couple.

 

[Wisher1000]

As long as the run is predator proof, it will be fine!! Can't wait for those pics!

 

[chirpingcricket]

As long as the run is predator proof, it will be fine!!  Can't wait for those pics!

Me too!

 

[chirpingcricket]

I have enjoyed Mobile Bay quite a bit.

 

[chirpingcricket]

It figures I would forget that part!

He actually found a really good job with great benefits. Found out a bit ago that I'll be leaving around the 1st of next month. Thank you. We'll be coming back as soon as we can. We hope to only be there for 2 years max. The main reason for moving was to help his mom since she has seizures.

Oh Raz, we knew you had your hands full, new baby alone is enough for a new Mama, Sounds like you are handling things well, you are a trooper. Give D J a hug from all of us and here's hoping you and Blu can get settled in together somewhere real soon!

 

[Brie6895]

here is my coop! I had an arguement over using hardware cloth instead of chicken wire but when he was paying for the materials there was nothing I could do at the time. So it is what it is and im just happy with the way it looks in the end.

those are tbe vents I was mentioning the top one is not open in the picture

this is the inside

now I just need to decide on what color to paint it

 

[chickadoodles]

Brie, your chicken coop is so nice! WOW!

 

[Wisher1000]

Tell him that chicken wire is for keeping chickens IN, not keeping predators OUT! You could cover the outside with 2x4 dog wire and it would keep them out, it's not too expensive. The coop looks wonderful, but I'm afraid it won't keep the nasties out for long. I would also suggest more ventilation, it's going to get hot in there. My coop has 2'x4' window openings (covered in hardware cloth) on three sides. They still prefer sleeping in the rafters of the covered run. As for paint, I like barn red or olive green.

 

[Brie6895]

Thank y'all!! I will keep the dog wire in mind. I knew it would come down to me buying it in the end. I may not have built this thing with my sweat but we did a lot of stressful discussions to get this thing how I wanted it. I'd prefer another vent too, he says he'd have to take off an entire wall to carve another window in it though.. But he did mention if I needed more ventilation he could get some kind of circle tool (excuse my slang) that would carve through wood and put nice sized circle in the plywood and cover with the chicken wire. The same tool we used to make the holes for pur door knobs. Maybe I could suggest him do that in a few places??

I was thinking red maybe! And I like the idea of olive green also. Thank you

 

[Wisher1000]

That diagram is not to scale but gives you an idea about what is inside. They all sleep in the covered run section (year round) that is open on three sides. I have solid walls up on the end closest to the enclosed part so they will have "safe" corners to run to if the coons try to reach in and grab them.



Notice the wire is the 2x4 dog wire. On three occasions, BIG dogs tried to chew their way into the coop. There were nose sized round spaces where they forced their snout into the spaces and bent the wire into an almost perfect circles and there was lots of slobber and blood on the wire, but they never got in. The only breach I had was when a coon pulled the metal roofing up and slid in underneath. There was a spot where one screw had gone through the metal but missed the wood underneath. DH fixed that and I am confident in it's security, now. I have plans to put 1/2 inch hardware cloth around the bottom so the chicks can't walk through (like they do now!)