Converting the shed, pics at posts 16 and 20

[6chicks&aduck]

creative way to use a metal shed , congrats !!!!!!

 

[mgw]

That really turned out nice, chickies will be happy in there. Good job!

 

[EricH]

ha, chicken math strikes again.... a timeless story indeed

 

[annaraven]

Inside the coop:

The nesting corner:

One smart chicken figured out the new nest.

The tunnel into the coop from the Faraday cage:

And all the chickens found their way tonight onto the new roost:

 

[wolfandfinch]

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looks GREAT! How many chickens versus square footage? it looks SO nice and roomy. Lucky ducks, I mean CHICKENS. heh.

 

[annaraven]

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looks GREAT! How many chickens versus square footage? it looks SO nice and roomy. Lucky ducks, I mean CHICKENS. heh.

It's 5x10, with plenty of room for more roosts. Right now, I've got 6 feet of roosts. And there's an attached run that's larger, plus I usually let them out in the yard to freerange all day. So, theoretically, I could get (5x10=50, 4 feet per chicken, 50/4=12) so I could have up to 12 chickens in there. If I needed to, I could easily move the nesting boxes back out to the run... but I think that just adding another roost would do it without needing to move the nesting box.

I have to say, I really like being able to stand up and walk into the coop. Way better than the little toy coop we bought to start with.

 

[clyde_97]

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What is a grow out coop?

 

[sharol]

Ah, chicken math defined. It is a coop you use for younger chickens to acclimate them to the outdoors after they outgrow the brooder but before they are ready to join the "big girls."

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What is a grow out coop?