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no problem, let me see what I can do later today - I am off to a newborn twin photo shoot at my studio...
I'll take more pics - closeups later on...
The coop is premade - I bought it from http://www.penndutchstructures.com/chickhouse.htm (they have pics of the inside.
The changes I made in it were adding roosts, put the nest boxes down lower, angled board on top, added welded wire to the windows for extra protection, and added that window for better cross ventilation.
The coop is 8x10. The run is 16x20x 6 feet in the front and about 8 feet in the back... Just built it out of 4x4s and 2x4s. There is wire mesh all over the run, top, bottom, sides, etc. and that goes out like an "apron" at the bottom. Then we have the welded wire 2 feet high on the bottom overlapping the regular wire so raccoons can't grab the chickies.
We also put a plywood covered in tin roofing material over a quarter of the run to give them some extra shelter...
The coop is premade - I bought it from http://www.penndutchstructures.com/chickhouse.htm (they have pics of the inside.
The changes I made in it were adding roosts, put the nest boxes down lower, angled board on top, added welded wire to the windows for extra protection, and added that window for better cross ventilation.
The coop is 8x10. The run is 16x20x 6 feet in the front and about 8 feet in the back... Just built it out of 4x4s and 2x4s. There is wire mesh all over the run, top, bottom, sides, etc. and that goes out like an "apron" at the bottom. Then we have the welded wire 2 feet high on the bottom overlapping the regular wire so raccoons can't grab the chickies.
We also put a plywood covered in tin roofing material over a quarter of the run to give them some extra shelter...
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