Coop?

[Cryss]

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[Blooie]

You are welcome to look at our coop and run, maybe just for an idea or two that you could incorporate into building one. We were in our mid 60s and both of us have disabilities. Neither of us have the building skills to stack a straight sandwich, but this coop/ run has withstood the wildest weather Wyoming can throw at it without a single repair! Pretty proud of that! We had help with rafters one day from our son when he got a rare day off work....other than that we did it all ourselves.

I had to rehome my chickens in August due to health and travel issues. But not one cent of what was spent will go to waste - the run will be our greenhouse and the coop will become our garden tool shed. All we have to do is clean them out a bit, which we deliberately didn’t do to allow the litter to age over the fall and winter so it can all go directly into the garden.

Whatever you do, may I suggest that you not build for the “right now”, but with a eye toward a few years from now? Adding chickens later on is just one thing to consider....others are durability, ease of cleaning, functionality and, as in our case, the possibility of ending with an empty coop that might be too hard to sell and move, or an empty shell sitting in the yard. An injury or sudden illness could make it difficult to work in if you can’t stand upright in it. If you have kids, can they be safe and comfortable out there helping? Just a few thoughts. I don’t remember how much ours cost, but I do know I’d have been crazy thrilled if I’d had as much as $500.00 to spend on it....so no way was our that much. Between the Habitat Re-store, the miscut or scrap bins at the big box home stores, and what we had laying around, we cobbled together a pretty good setup! We got the basics done first, then added “fluff” as we could.

Oh, the link to My Coop is under my avatar.