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I love it. VERY nice!!! I love the railroad ties that you have around it protecting anything from digging in. I love railroad ties.

Good job!
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In our area, the summer heat gets in the high 90's with Hot, Hazy and Humid weather and the winters dip to -25 degrees. This is a picture of our re-vamped llama barn made over into a chicken coop. Last year we did the grain room into a smaller coop for our six girls. The coops are not insulated and we use deep litter technique in the winter and light sawdust on the floors in the summer. It makes such a difference to have air circulation. In the coldest part of winter when it dropped below zero, we put vasaline on the combs of the RIR chickens to prevent frostbite. The old english crosses were fine.

This is the inside of the coop



This is left half of the outside of the coop with the screen door. We have sliding wooden doors to cover the front durring the worst blizzards.



And the right half with the screen window. We have since put chain link fence around the whole inside of the 1/4 acre area buried about 6 inches deep.



This is the covered outdoor pen for the older coop - please excuse the tarp, it is still hot outside and they needed the shade.
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The older coop with the screen door on the front. (And the sliding wooden door) Not pretty, but functional.



Doris in the snow that blew in the vents durring a nor'easter.



Sorry for the heavy load on pic. I think ventilation is very, very important to the health of the birds.

Love all the coops shown here.
 
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Thats what I'm talking about. I know for a fact your chickens are happy campers.I have the same exact set up with 16 pullets as well mine are happy & lay boo koo eggs even in this heat.
 
I love the outdoorsnish [is that a word?] I know our game/bantams would probably prefer a coop like that. They sleep in the trees if I'd let them. Here is the pic of my coop I told 7L I'd post pics. This is the north side of it, the ducks are on the left the chickens on the right with a wall and door separating the 2 sides. the coop on the right was our storage building we converted into our chicken coop my dh built the duck coop onto it.
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this is the south side where I'd like to open it up for more air. it only has 1 window for chickens and 1 for ducks on this side. Do you think it could be opened up and made like the Fresh air house?
hard to see much this time of year for all the foliage. lol
 
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Thanks, for posting you have a very nice coop. Yes, it could be opened up. I could not tell you to do this.I have my coops positioned & designed for extremely hot weather. I could not have a coop like yours here its way to hot here. I have to take advantage of the wind to keep the birds from cooking in the heat. A wide open coop is mandatory. The question I would ask you is .From looking at the picture is it real dark in there. Is it stuffy or does it feel stagnant inside. Its hard to give advice to someone living in another state not knowing the climate. Even giving someone advice here in Texas is darn near impossible because the climate is so different in one part of the state versus another part of the state. It seems like you need to open it up some are you wouldn't be asking. That's what I'm sensing .
 
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Thanks, for posting you have a very nice coop. Yes, it could be opened up. I could not tell you to do this.I have my coops positioned & designed for extremely hot weather. I could not have a coop like yours here its way to hot here. I have to take advantage of the wind to keep the birds from cooking in the heat. A wide open coop is mandatory. The question I would ask you is .From looking at the picture is it real dark in there. Is it stuffy or does it feel stagnant inside. Its hard to give advice to someone living in another state not knowing the climate. Even giving someone advice here in Texas is darn near impossible because the climate is so different in one part of the state versus another part of the state. It seems like you need to open it up some are you wouldn't be asking. That's what I'm sensing .

After seeing these Fresh air coops , it's something I'd like to pursue, It isn't dark at all, and it's really hard to see but theres 5 windows and 2 full size doors with ventalation around the top of the building where the roof and frame meet. but it's not dark at all and no smell, even with the ducks. lol. I do spray with oxine and poultry protector every day and turn bedding. I know our temps and terraine are completely different as it is all over the USA, I just want to make sure that the flock is as healthy as they can be and if I can do this without much cost. But my dh is of the mind set that " these are only chikens" so I am not too sure he'll go along with it. I am wanting to build a small barn like structure so maybe we could incorporate it into something like that. It's hard to see my coop very well because of all the plants, but honestly it's really is pretty light and fresh inside, I realize it's very important in the climate ya'll live in, the further south one goes that these types of shelters are really the way to go, I just never thought with the amount of cold and snow that we get that it could be done here. You learn something everyday.
 
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Thanks, for posting you have a very nice coop. Yes, it could be opened up. I could not tell you to do this.I have my coops positioned & designed for extremely hot weather. I could not have a coop like yours here its way to hot here. I have to take advantage of the wind to keep the birds from cooking in the heat. A wide open coop is mandatory. The question I would ask you is .From looking at the picture is it real dark in there. Is it stuffy or does it feel stagnant inside. Its hard to give advice to someone living in another state not knowing the climate. Even giving someone advice here in Texas is darn near impossible because the climate is so different in one part of the state versus another part of the state. It seems like you need to open it up some are you wouldn't be asking. That's what I'm sensing .

After seeing these Fresh air coops , it's something I'd like to pursue, It isn't dark at all, and it's really hard to see but theres 5 windows and 2 full size doors with ventalation around the top of the building where the roof and frame meet. but it's not dark at all and no smell, even with the ducks. lol. I do spray with oxine and poultry protector every day and turn bedding. I know our temps and terraine are completely different as it is all over the USA, I just want to make sure that the flock is as healthy as they can be and if I can do this without much cost. But my dh is of the mind set that " these are only chikens" so I am not too sure he'll go along with it. I am wanting to build a small barn like structure so maybe we could incorporate it into something like that. It's hard to see my coop very well because of all the plants, but honestly it's really is pretty light and fresh inside, I realize it's very important in the climate ya'll live in, the further south one goes that these types of shelters are really the way to go, I just never thought with the amount of cold and snow that we get that it could be done here. You learn something everyday.

Sounds good its summer time now & its been hot everywhere so every ones concerned which you should be but your coop sounds like its providing well for your chickens if it ain't broke don't fixes it hopefully it will cool down & get back to normal .This year has been a real challenge to provide for the livestock especially here in Texas the drought & heat is never ending. I really like your coop it looks well made & predator proof to boot.Take care & keep an eye on your birds their thougher than we think.
 

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