Can anyone tell me about converting an old car into a coop?

[beepbeepinajeep]

We were thinking of tearing out all the upholstery/carpet inside leaving bare metal & removing the windows & putting in wire in the place of the windows. We thought we'd open the door in the daytime and close them up at night. I doubt we get more than $50 for scrap because it would have to be towed. So it sounds like it might not be a good idea. There was an old building that just fell down in the storm that came through. Maybe we should just use it as scrap lumber for a permanent coop for free rangers. Mainly we want to add a coop for free rangers since we want more chickens, but don't want additional tractors. My husband thought the old car might be neat for a coop. There is also an old milk truck that could be converted, but it would get too hot too, right?

 

[EweSheep]

Well since you like in NC, do you have those cotton bin wagons? You can haul those things home, modify it for a chicken coop! You would need to put a roof on it in case it does not have any. Someone in here on BYC had a beautiful cotton bin wagon converted into a mobile chicken coop and they were awesome!

 

[Wildsky]

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doesn't a car have windows?

 

[EweSheep]

Here is the link to it:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=221775

 

[beepbeepinajeep]

I LOVE that! I have never in my life seen a cotton trailer. Most people around here farm(ed) tobacco. I will have to ask my husband what his aunt and uncle used to haul it in. The farm we live on was a dairy farm until a few years ago. Now we just mainly do hay & lumber. We have several large fields for our own garden & we have my chickens/quail/duck. There are a few buildings that would convert nicely into a chicken coop, but nobody else is interested in doing that I like the idea of a large portable coop. Very neat idea! Thanks for the link!

It would be nice to have a wooden structure that could also have a brooder since we are hatching chicks pretty much year round. I would like to be able to put the water & food in from outside & collect eggs from outside & easily get inside to clean it as needed using a deep litter method. Will I want a concrete floor?

 

[possumqueen]

Go to the homepage, click on coops, and small coops, and look for the maurice car coop. It is a work of art!

 

[beepbeepinajeep]

It is gorgeous I wonder if he has problems with it getting too hot b/c it looks like there are just tinted windows to me...

 

[BethESH]

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[Wildsky]

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=16313-maurice-chicken-coop-car

Its awesome!