Cape Breton Coop

[Clucking Caper]

Hi folks. I figured I’d give a run down of our coop and run. Keep mind I’m no carpenter and you’d be hard pressed to find a 90 degree angle. But I did the best I could.

Most material was recycled.
Our biggest out of pocket expenses were the hardware cloth, 2x4’s, screws and hinges and stuff

the plywood was recovered from delivery crates from my work
Rough lumber 1x4’s was from a previous project. The metal roofing was left overs from my son in laws business.

We are about 550 dollars Canadian into it. So about 30 bux USD lol.
I figured if we had to pay for everything we’d be about $750-800 dollars Canadian

I will be adding a small solar power system to it hopefully this weekend if the weather can cooperate. That will just include a 50 watt panel, 100 amp hour batt, multi time 12 timer (to control 3 pc fans to come on for 15 mins every hour) and a couple of LED bulbs (for late fall and winter)

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[cavemanrich]

Nice Job
My suggestion,,, is you need to install some serious VENTILATION. Talking about rear round open ventilation. I know you want to install some computer cabinet fans. If you ventilate your coop portion properly, there will be no need for those tiny fans.

Ventilation needs to be up high at roof line, and some take in air at bottom.
@aart has an informative link in her posting signature, about VENTILATION. I have sent many newbies to that link/thread
Here is a shortcut to that thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ventilated-but-free-of-drafts.1048597/

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[Clucking Caper]

Nice Job
My suggestion,,, is you need to install some serious VENTILATION. Talking about rear round open ventilation. I know you want to install some computer cabinet fans. If you ventilate your coop portion properly, there will be no need for those tiny fans.

Ventilation needs to be up high at roof line, and some take in air at bottom.
@aart has an informative link in her posting signature, about VENTILATION. I have sent many newbies to that link/thread
Here is a shortcut to that thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ventilated-but-free-of-drafts.1048597/

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

Thanks Rich

we are very new to this, so every little bit of information to help us along is very welcomed lol. this site is a wealth of info and experience and god knows im trying to read it all.

i'll follow the link you provided and start reading

thanks again

Jason

 

[cavemanrich]

Remember,,,, you can ask anything you need to know, on this BYC forum. There are soooooo many good peeps willing to help you with information, and suggestions.
There is no such thing as a silly question.