Ended Coop Page Contest #1 - Win a $20 BYC Store Gift Certificate!

[Nifty-Chicken]

Winners announced here!​

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Get those digital cameras out and scan those plans you wrote on the back of your chick starter receipt. Throw them together with a great write up and you could be a winner! (okay... everyone on BYC is a winner... you'd just be a super coop page contest winner!)

Contest Details:

This is a contest to see who can create the best coop page for BYC. We define the "best coop page" to mean pages with the most information, pictures, plans, details, etc. that will be very helpful to others who want to build a coop. We don't care if your coop was made out of recycled pallets and was made in 2 days, or if it was made out of the highest grade materials, took 5 months, and is a scale model of the Taj Mahal. We want helpful and informative pages!

The winner of the contest will get a $20 Gift Certificate for the BYC Store!

You'll be using the BYC Page & Article Creation Tool to design your pages and creating a page here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/2/Coop_Designs

Deadline: The deadline will be based on the number of submissions we receive and how quickly we get them. Usually we wait for at least 20 - 30 submissions. Once we get "enough" we'll give everyone at least 1 week notice before the contest ends so they can put final touches on their submissions. Contest ends 8/13/2012

Things to include in your page:

1. Start with a finished coop picture at the top of your page
2. Have a write-up of how you built your coop. Include any information you think would be helpful to other people who may want to build a similar coop.
3. If you have them, include designs & plans you used to build your coop.
4. Pictures of your coop as it was being constructed.
5. Finished pictures of your coop.
6. A list of things you want to change or add to your coop.
7. Additional information about what you learned, what you'd do differently the next time, and any other tips for potential coop builders.

To increase your chances of winning the contest, make sure it has as many of the elements above in as much detail as possible! Here are some additional hints to help you win the contest:

1) Follow the format of some of the existing coop pages.
2) The more details and pictures the better!
3) Plans plans plans. Very few coop designs have plans available. If you post plans (rough or detailed) of your coop you'll get bonus points for sure!
4) Pictures - We all love lots of big beautiful and helpful pictures!
5) Remember, this is a contest for the most helpful coop build page and not the best looking coop.

IMPORTANT RULE: ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other sites like Photobucket, personal websites, etc.

We expect to add all of the pages submitted to the coop design page of BYC, but the best will win the contest.

TO ENTER THE CONTEST:

1. Navigate to the "coop designs" section of the site.
2. Scroll below the thumbnails of coops and to the middle left of the page you will see a button for "Add a Coop Design" Click that button and give the page a title.
3. Create a very helpful page with lots of pictures and information.
4. Reply to this thread with a link to your coop page you created.
5. Have Fun!

NOTE: If you're one of those modest types and want to add your coop to the site but don't want to enter the contest, that is fine. We'd still love to have your pictures posted to a BYC page and a link to your page posted in this thread... the more coop designs the better!


To get your coop page on the Index of coops pages of BYC:

1) Create a coop page following the steps above
2) Reply to this thread with a link to your coop
3) Wait for the contest to end

Please keep in mind that adding coops to our coop index is a long and manual process, so we tend to do them all at once and at the end of the contest.

We look forward to seeing your coop pages, pictures, and information!!

 

[SweetChickLady]

 

[Gargoyle]

We're getting all the coop pages together into one spreadsheet.

It makes sense to use a spreadsheet. You can spread scratch in the coops and be careful to avoid stepping wherever the chickens sheet..

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

This is a VERY long and manual process. First we have to compile a list of all the coops, then remove duplicates and also make sure they aren't ones already added to previous contests (a very lengthy and time consuming manual process).

Next we put the coops up for vote by our members (we'll announce when that is ready).

Then we finally announce a winner and manually (again very time consuming) add the coops to the indexes.

So, long story short: Please be patient as we work through this process that may take a few weeks or more!

 

[jjak2001]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/log-cabin-coop

This is our log cabin coop made for 9-12 chickens.. (We have 9!!)

 

[Renegade Rescue]

Here are my coops not has cool has the ones on here but not to bad for my first three

This is the latest coop I have created still needs paint but is all done; this was created from recycled store shelving old pvc pipe and the roofing is adhesive floor tile I found laying around.



The next few pics are the second coop I built from recycled store shelves old pvc and the roofing is some floor tile we found laying around.







My first coop old wood, a $5 gallon of paint from Home Depot our old above ground pool frame old ac vents to vent the coop the coop door is controlled by a pulley system. The art work on the coop was free hand painted by our niece




They are not has good as the ones i have seen on BYC but the flock seems to like their little coops.

Thank you for letting me share.

 

[Lady Ressler]

We used the pallet method and began the building process at the farm. We started off with 2 pallets per side except for the front. We nailed on 2x4s for support.


We nailed on some tamarack poles at an angle for the roof and added another pallet to the front just on one side to leave a spot for the door.Then we loaded it onto a trailer to haul it to our house.


We added the plywood to the sides and the roof in addition to the hardware cloth to cover the openings. What was really nice about this pallet method is the plywood din't have to be measured and cut down to size at all. We used 4'x4' pallets and therefore, we had 4'x8' sides. Perfect fit for a 4'x8' piece of plywood don't you think? The top worked great too because it was a little shy of 8' from front to back so we were able to stick the plywood out a little in the front to give it an edge from any rain.


Next came the door and digging the post holes for the run.


Beside the paint, it is finished. The roof has some left over tin I bought from the hardware store from someone's project. I even added some ribbon grass around the base of the coop to keep the dirt from eroding. For the run, we used more tamarack poles. We cut them 8' long and dug them into the ground 2 feet and spaced them 6' apart on center. Since the coop is 18' long by 12' wide, we used 4 corner posts with 2 in between on the sides and then 1 in between at the end of the run. On the top of the run, to the left of the coop, that corner post ended up being 8' from the coop instead of 6'. Hardware cloth on the bottom dug 2 inches down and 1-2 feet out topped in the ground, topped by chicken wire encloses the coop. We covered the top of the coop with a soft wildlife netting since we have quail and they do fly.


I have BYC members that posted their pallet coop ideas to thank for my coop construction. I never would have thought to use pallets for the base of a coop. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Ok, we'll let you tardy peeps sneak in even thought it is past the deadline (you're lucky we've been so busy with other stuff)!

We're getting all the coop pages together into one spreadsheet. From there we'll get them all into the rating system and then begin the review process. After that we'll add them all into the coops section!!!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Coop Contest Winners

First off, A HUGE thumbsup to everyone who submitted their coops to be added to BYC!

We're excited to announce that we had a triple tie for first place! All three of the following members will each get a $20 BYC Store Gift Certificate: (listed in alpha order by coop name)

BGeezie
BG's Little Egg Factory




Rickjenkins47
Ricks Chick Condo





nono
The Schoop


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There were also a handful more that were super close runners-up, each will get a 12 month Golden Feather Membership for themselves or as a gift for a friend.

bgchicken
City Coop




Cohsm
Country Acres

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sushifish
NW Garden Coop​

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As always, a huge congratulations to all our winners!!!

You'll be contacted with info on how to claim your prize.

But remember, we're all winners when our members submit their coop designs to share with the world. The BYC chicken coop designs get visited by hundreds of thousands of peeps every month and help us share our wonderful hobby with the world.

Thanks to everyone who created a BYC Coop Page to share. All the coop pages submitted to this contest will be sorted by size and inserted into the respective sub-indexes of coop pages.

Please join us in congratulating all our winners!

For those of you that missed this contest, please check out our new Coop Page Contest here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...nter-2012-win-a-20-byc-store-gift-certificate

 

[SmallFarmChick]

How exciting!