Arizona Chickens

[Sonoran Silkies]

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You have eggless and I have poopless!

Eggoless? sounds like one of them is named!

 

[BrahmaRoo]

Coop for sale $150.00 or best offer. Were moving.

Located Arizona City, AZ. You pick up in AZ City.

8'x16 total, each section when apart is 4' wide for easy transport. One cubicle (4'x8') is made of 2x4 lumber, and has a nestbox with outside door.
2 other cubicles made out of 2x2 lumber. Roof is painted OSB, 4 sheets 4'x8'. All will fit in pickup bed. Dry wall screw gun to assemble. Already taken apart.
Not a prize-winner, but practical and roomy. Needs minor work on 3 of the 2x2 panels which are part of a 8'x8'. cubicle (the duck cage portion). Easily fixed.

Can also be seperated as two chicken coops and a very roomy duck cage.

Call 520-413-8395. Leave a message, will call you back. Or email:[email protected]

Thanks.

 

[AZBootsie]

TT! :

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A guy at the feed store said not to get the chicks wet - or they'll die!

I guess that goes away when they get older...

Not really, they pretty much stay stupid their entire lives.​

 

[Mikey D]

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Mikey!? You use a comercial sprayer for a chicken coop?

(I did it the Tom Sawyer way, I promised two teenagers they would be allowed to feed my chicks

if they would paint the coop. They did a fine job

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After seeing all your pictures I am impressed near speechlessness. Some of you (and you know who you are!) coop builders are doing such a superb job!
I still don't think you can judge a book by it's cover but I am pretty sure you can judge a "man's" character by his chicken coop

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Nice job!!!

Thank you kindly CA! I also used a similar method to get the kiddies to paint the primer on...

Would you like to be fed today? Then go paint the coop!

It took them 4 hours and the rollers & brushes could not get through the wire in some places. The sprayer took about 30 minutes and did a pretty good job.
I didn't want to use it with the primer because I used an oil based primer & I'm scared of not being able to get it cleaned out properly.

Thanks again!

 

[Mikey D]

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I washed my Cornish X last summer with the hose outside when they got icky, especially if they looked like they were overheating. I didn't use soap but I thought about it.

I'm thinking about the hose for the Cornixh X's as well. The one that may be a roo is particularly nasty...

 

[Mikey D]

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May warrant a video!

You are correct, the red one is HUGE! Not as big as the Cornish but approaching it. Hopefully she lays similar eggs!

 

[Mikey D]

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[Mikey D]

Drum roll please........................................................

DONE!

(well, mostly)

Got the roof on, flashed and trimmed! Yay!

Chickens are in the coop!

I think the only one more pleased than I is Tammy!

Just have to clean up this mess!

Peepers established!
I'm leaving the brooder in for now. Just for chickies mental security blanket. That and it holds the food and water.

Wild birds can still get in - in between the roof, joists and the top plate. I'm looking for ideas but I'm leaning towards cutting some of the wire mesh a tad bit oversized and wedging it in.

I still have to do some of the finish work. The area above the coop itself has this for ventilation,
I'm going to cut a piece and hinge it downwards (so it can flip up) and bolt into place to minimize heat loss in the winter.

I still need to fab a waterer (I'm going with a 3 nipple homer bucket for now), a treadle feeder, roosts, and get bedding and sand for the run.

I'm planning on putting a board between the run and coop to seperate the sand from the bedding.
Has anyone any experience with the "New" pressure treated lumber? It is brown (no longer green) and the gal at Homer says it is non toxic (sure, non-toxic poison) and you can use it in raised bed gardens and chicken coops. This will be the only wood with ground contact so I was considering it.

All of you helped me with this! Thanks again everyone for your ideas and encouragement!

Mikey

 

[ca]

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You could use upright pavers... (and a little bit of mortar)

 

[ca]

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I really don't want to be picky but: why did you not use the blue paint!?