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[silverhair67]

I hope it goes well!

was your coop unassembled when you got it? Mine was given to me, I'm trying to figure out how it was assembled so I can add to it.

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning everyone coffee is ready

 

[sourland]

Good morning, thanks Sue.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Good morning one and all!

Tea is ready, grab a cup, sit awhile, and chat.

Have a great day!

 

[cheepteach]

good morning! hot coffee feels good on a cloudy morning!

 

[silverhair67]

morning

 

[Sequel]

Morning! A little chilly this morning which sure makes the coffee extra tasty! Not looking forward to dark dreary winter but I’m tired of brown grass!

 

[cheepteach]

made a second pot!!! Wednesday schmendesday! drizzly and damp

 

[Nadilli]

was your coop unassembled when you got it? Mine was given to me, I'm trying to figure out how it was assembled so I can add to it.

I bought mine Un-assembled. I put it together myself, my myself.
first I just had an old small animal cage like a ferret cage, that I took off one side and then attached it to the coop, using a removed panel to go under the roof.

then recently I got the big run made and attached it there.

I used a staple gun to attach the chicken wire to the underside. I rolled up the ends of it to ensure no ends sticking out.

 

[Nadilli]

Pepper is very pretty and alert.

I love her coloring.


If you are okay with it some directions on how to would be greatly appreciated.

Pepper is very pretty and alert.

I love her coloring.


If you are okay with it some directions on how to would be greatly appreciated.

So, after I installed the white fan, it decided to die so I had to go out and get a new one. But the blueprint is the same.
I got round storage container that had the right sizes and cut out the bottom. I picked one that the bottom would match my exhaust hole the best.
Then I took off the face of the fan, punched a few holes in the lip of the container, and wired it to the face of the fan. Weather you want to take out the middle is up to you. I did on the first one but not the metal one in case I decided to return it.
then I cut some strips of heavy duty plastic, wider than the gap between the plastic “funnel” and the edge of the front of the fan.
I then attached it with hot glue, that way it can be easily removed if a larger exhaust hole is made in the future.
I found that doing a small line, attaching it , and kind of rolling on the plastic wrap worked the best, only about an inch or two of glue at a time, so that it gets a good seal.
attatch the fan faceplate back to the fan. (I didn’t attatch first and it was a nightmare!)
Then cut the excess plastic to the right length, just a hair farther than the middle of the fan, and glue the edges. This can be done in a similar way as the other end, just be sure to do about an inch or so at a time to ensure a good seal.
This concludes fan assembly.
then I lined up the fan, and marked on the ceiling whrer the hinges are, which is what I was going to use to attach. I then used some large head short screws, one for each hinge, and a few to hold up the cord. Put them in as far as you safely can, don’t want to make a hole in the roof! And use wire to attach, loosely. Adjust the fan to line up the exhaust hole and the funnel. Then tighten the wires up.
run your cord outside the coop, I actually had to partially disassemble part of the roof to get the cord through. And wire the cord up loosely. Don’t constrict the cord, just so that it doesn’t hang down where the chickens can get it. I also wired up the extension cord on the underside of the outside of the coop and wrapped it in plastic to water proof it.
And I think that’s it!
I put the fan in upside down so that the switch was on the bottom, so that I could easily reach in and turn it off if needed.
It is not a powerful fan, but it is a good little exhaust fan for my little coop.
I hope this helps someone!