Another chicken coop to review and or admire. (****New Pics Added****)

[sport14692]

That is so cool !!!

 

[mgw]

Nice use of recycled materials. It turned out great and was easy on budget.

 

[catdaddy66]

That is almost exactly the way I envision my coop coming out. I have many pallets and the wood planks are similar to the style you have on your coop. You have given me a firmer image to follow with my design. Hope you won't mind my use of your style!

 

[cabincrazyone]

As the Frenchman up in the castle said of the Holy Grail: "IT'S VERRA NICEA".

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Excellent job!!

 

[wolfandfinch]

both those coops are LOVELY!

I can't stand working with pallets. I used to have to use the to build shelving etc. at a folk festival every summer, and they were SO heavy and bulky I hated it. We had to send them back intact at the end, so I couldn't just "harvest" the wood from it. I'd strap them together with plumbers strap, what a pain! It's nice to see something more elegant to get the bad taste out of my mouth LOL

 

[Loudoun]

Beautiful!



I have questions about construction - how far apart should the screws/washers be? What size screws/washers? Zinc or stainless or just regular?

Here's a little drawing of my intended construction: 48" tall, 1/2" hw mesh with locust posts and 2"x4" bracing, bottom folded over with an additional 2' chicken wire apron to prevent digging.

Thanks much,
Virginia

 

[Junkmanme]

Quote:
IF I understand this correctly, then the TOP of the waterer is "sealed". Therefore the water is held by the "suction" of the air-pressure at the top of the reservoir?

Otherwise...the water would flow out of the bottom. Correct?

-Junkmanme-

 

[jenesis536]

Very nice! Makes me want to try a 2nd coop.

We did our washers/screws about 5" apart after using a staple gun to get the HW cloth and chicken wire all down (but yank on it only a bit and it comes right off!). We ended up using a lot, but we wanted it nice and secure. We can yank on it pretty hard now and it stays on.

 

[Teagan_j]

Wow great job!! I sell designs for chicken coops online, and i think this is a beautiful design with great use of materials!! well done!!

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