Authentic 8' by 12' PORTABLE Woods KD Coop

[Ted Brown]

I spent a couple of hours moving things around and positioning the trailer where I will assemble Coop2. Leveled and put a couple of beams in place; the boards on the top of the beams measure 12', cross beams are a little over 8' so one can picture the overall foot print. I will attempt dovetail lap joints so floor will be 6" above metal frame and ~24" off ground.

Flock 1 exploring their various spaces, they were out all day.

 

[ShannonR]

Built onto a trailer, I like that!

 

[Ted Brown]

Built onto a trailer, I like that!

@ColoradoPip is responsible for me doing one; he did a build thread a short time back and gave me lots of ideas.

Rationale: moveable around my 3 acres; can be easily sold if I opt out.

• Note the Woods KD (Knock Down) design is panels.
• This mobile version will be the same and will be able to be "flat packed" or "drive-as-is" [slowly] depending on the risk tolerance vs effort trade-offs.

I am thinking about coops/runs/pens layout and design from a novice breeder perspective. I imagine runs with multiple closeable access doors, "enclosed tunnels" running from multiple coops; coops, runs, family pens, isolation pens, brooders, incubators, ?.

 

[ShannonR]

@ColoradoPip is responsible for me doing one; he did a build thread a short time back and gave me lots of ideas.

Rationale: moveable around my 3 acres; can be easily sold if I opt out.

• Note the Woods KD (Knock Down) design is panels.
• This mobile version will be the same and will be able to be "flat packed" or "drive-as-is" [slowly] depending on the risk tolerance vs effort trade-offs.

I am thinking about coops/runs/pens layout and design from a novice breeder perspective. I imagine runs with multiple closeable access doors, "enclosed tunnels" running from multiple coops; coops, runs, family pens, isolation pens, brooders, incubators, ?.

You have a good thing gping on here. What are your thoughts as to the bottom of the coop, are you making it predator proof or enclosing the coop with a run?

 

[Ted Brown]

See my "My Coop" link.

Will enclose area under the 8' by 12' footprint with HC and aprons, same as my 10' by 16' foot stationary Woods 1. Both will interconnect to independent runs/pens.

 

[jthornton]

I can't wait to see how this goes together...

JT

 

[aart]

@ColoradoPip is responsible for me doing one; he did a build thread a short time back and gave me lots of ideas.

Wonder what happened to him?

 

[jthornton]

@Ted Brown how's the build coming along?

JT

 

[Ted Brown]

@Ted Brown how's the build coming along?

JT

I have just finished one client build project and am starting up two new client project so have not spent much time on it. I have decided on dove tail lap joints for the beams and have started drawing the necessary cutouts on the beams.

Past two days modifying my original coop to have 3 pens under the drop boards/ramp areas; immediate use Pen 1 as a broody pullet area (5 eggs under), Pen 2 for my five week old self hatches (my eggs) + one Chantecler runt, Pen 3 for my fourteen 4-week old Chanteclers.

 

[jthornton]

so have not spent much time on it.

I know how that goes, it seems like one thing after another here. My van was in the shop for 2 1/2 weeks and when I went to drive Rusty my truck the rear brakes had an issue that took me most of a week to sort out. Yesterday morning I blew a power steering hose on the van... not to mention I have two jobs going at the same time and yesterday my bandsaw broke a blade guide.

JT