ChickenDave New Member

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Hi,
I’m ChickenDave, a newly retired mechanical engineer who is planning on raising about 10 chickens for eggs.

I’m looking at 6 Rhode Island Reds and 4 Aracauna or Ameraucana (I like blue eggs).

Right now I’m looking for DIY coop designs. I have lots of room so space is not a consideration.

Any help or ideas are appreciated.
If anyone can recommend a good book with lots of cool design ideas, I would be most grateful.

Thanks!
Chicken Dave

Dave, we went to Sam’s club and built it from pallets. Free is nice. We used old plywood from a shelving project in the basement. If you’re handy it’ll come together pretty easily.

Tips for whatever you build: use hardware wire not poultry wire. Raise it off the ground, consider a solar door (love mine), allow for ventilation and plenty of light, allow room for storage of tools and food, rodent proof it.

Have fun, they are so cute.