Ended Coop Page Contest #5 - Win a $20 BYC Store Gift Certificate!

[Bogtown Chick]

What's more surprising is that I don't think it's been on the carousel of the home page... I think that people don't know it's here!

 

[BayBay Peepers]

That could be. It's only hope it to be bumped up in the forum feed haha

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Oh, looky looky, we spoke too soon. It's made it to the carousel

 

[Theegoliath]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-strange-coop

I hope you enjoy reading about our coop as much as we enjoy sharing it : )

 

[Deepfriedbeauty]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/185-cluck-cottage-lane

 

[Brookliner]

[COLOR=FF0000]After two raccoon attacks in which enlisted Chickens were killed at the Chicken outpost in Greenbrier, Arkansas, Colonel Red Rooster summoned the help of me, (on account of a coon ate all his kids), to establish a coon proof fortress in which Chickens would longer fear the piddly little hands of a racoon. The result of the undertaking ended with the raising of the American flag at Fort Chicken!![/COLOR] Clementine AnnaRose sits on 90 lbs. of ground reinforcing cinder blocks on barn tin ground fortification at Fort Chicken. Near her left arm, you can see the rustic coon meat grinder mounted to the Fort Chicken portal. Above that is the coon choppin' hatchet> *************************************** Mom AdriAnn, and Clementine AnnaRose, together at Fort Chicken. ******************************************* Dad, Michael... Outpost contractor and the lone builder of Fort Chicken. ************************************** Colonel Red Rooster, pecking around inside Fort Chicken, poses for a pic with his lovely woman, KFC. Note the coon proof fence design. Outside is double hog fence (1/8 inch steel) wired together at the centers. Next is a row of 2"x4" yard fence. Inside is a row of chicken wire to keep the little chicks corraled, all nailed to fresh cut concreted 5 inch cedar posts, wrapped to the ground on a 2'x6' frame. *************************************************** Staven and Clementine AnnaRose sit outside the north weapon wall at Fort Chicken, complete with GIJoe Tank lunch ration bucket and yellow porcelin pot lid coon shield. A short handled coon slapper hangs top left. An arsenal of calvary issue coon gigs, coon knockers, and coon skinners are pictured above Clementine AnnaRose and Staven. It is a dangerous place for a coon to hang out. Inside hangs a full set of Ping golf clubs. Colonel Red Rooster likes to play golf, and he also slaps a pretty good chicken snake with a 3 iron. ******************************************************************* The USMC artillery dump at Fort Chicken, complete with nail spike ammo and mortar launcher, sitting atop one of the four empress wood ground tin anchoring corner stumps. Note the coon toe clippers and coon foot smasher on the cedar post. Miss Piggy and Mr. Jersey are shown on egg guard at Fort Chicken. Notice Mr. Jersey had his right arm ripped off in a coon attack, but he continues to serve. Colonel Red Rooster was adamant in his needs for coon maiming devices and weaponry, on account a coon ate all of his kids... Left one of 'ems foot behind one time. Just a pile of feathers the other times. President Chicken back in Washington so ordered full coon attack artillery. ******************************************* The Fort Chicken eagle bell coon alarm, with outpost lamp. Crying Indian girl juju incorporated at KFC's request. Poison water cup and coon saw also pictured. ****************************************** Assorted coon skinners, coon giggers, and coon hooks. Lucky horseshoe. ************************************ Reinforced stall door with 5 lb railroad wrench handle, (my favorite part). Coon saw. Coon proof slide locking gates with 6 inch by 2 inch genuine crystal overlatch. *************************************** Combo booby trap hammer handle and coon saw on the left stall, made for instant coon head pounding and coon finger whacking. ****************************************** :yiipchick And that my comrades is how Colonel Red Rooster won the war against raccoons. *********************************** Oh, and the best part, with accessories, I spent about $15 cash building Fort Chicken, top to bottom. The cypress and oak wood came from a hundred year old barn on my dad's place, as did the barn tin. The cedar post I cut out back of the house. Most of the arsenal, artillery and such, was bought extremely cheap at yard sales. All the coon proof fencing I got free for helping some folks clean up some junk.

When's the deadline for this? Has it ended?

Great use of material. But, You really need to replace the chicken wire with 1/2 inch hardware cloth to be coon proof. Coons can rip right through chicken wire. They can even eat a chicken through the wire.

 

[oletymer]

The Country Coops..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-country-cabin

 

[sumi]

Oh, looky looky, we spoke too soon. It's made it to the carousel

Your wish is our command! See, we do pay attention...

 

[TeaChick]

Here's the link to my coop:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/10-pallets-1-coop

 

[McCluckles]

Here's my "Country barn Chicken coop"
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/country-barn-chicken-coop