Beyond chickendome.

[skillet_scramble]

My daughter wanted to start raising chickens so we surfed the net to come up with some ideas for coops and runs. I modified an old storage shed we had and we built this "chickendome" out of EMT and was surprised how sturdy it turned out to be and is predator proof. Check out the pics.

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[A.T. Hagan]

Have you done anything to keep predators from being able to dig under the side of the dome?

Interesting idea.

.....Alan.

 

[StupidBird]

Sorry, can't see too well - what is EMT?

 

[redhen]

Pretty cool!!

 

[skillet_scramble]

A.T. Hagan :

Have you done anything to keep predators from being able to dig under the side of the dome?

Interesting idea.

.....Alan.

Yes, I have buried some old chainlink fenceing all the way around underneath the edges and there is also an electric fence wire at the bottom.​

 

[skillet_scramble]

Quote:
EMT is Electrical Metallic Tubing. It is the thinwall electrical conduit that is sold at any home improvement store or building supply store. We just cut the sections to length and flattened them and drill a hole in the end and then bolted it together.

Here's the site where we found the idea from;
http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#9Tv5iO/www.byexample.com/homestead/barn/chicken_coop_plans.html/

In the third paragraph on the page it has a link (geodesic domes) to show how to build the domes.

 

[Mr. Peepers]

Very nice work! Here's another idea for the use of conduit: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=267851

Yours looks more professional and more predator proof.