Could this work?

[kv]

Hi
I would like to keep a couple of hens, but I'm a little nervous because I live in an upscale neighborhood and the zoning laws are not on my side. See my thread at
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20701

I found this shed kit, http://mantis.com/store/viewitem.asp?idProduct=956

and when I saw it displayed with 3 sides closed off and one long side open, it gave me an idea. Everyone around here has a shed in their yard, mine would just be storing eggs! If I angled it just right, none of my neighbors would ever see what was in it. BUT...I want to put wheels and a handle on it so I can move it around the yard. so,.........could this work? What do y'all think?

I would have a very secure coop part up at the top, and the rest of the shed would be the run.

When I was thinking about coops, I thought I had to have something low so my neighbors wouldn't see it, but if it just looks like a shed, then I can treat myself and my future girls to a walk-in (for me) coop/run. I would also put some windows in for cross ventilation if you don't think it will "give it away".

KV

 

[arlee453]

Don't know about the wheels - that's a pretty big building (min 7x8) to be moving around... BUT I think it would work well. You'd just need to add a couple of windows for ventilation, and/or maybe a roof vent. Oh, and a small door for your chickens to use.

 

[Nichole77]

That is pretty big for just a couple of hens. Perhaps you should look into a chicken tractor or eglu. henspas are nice too.

 

[joanm]

Oh, that would make a darling coop, just add windows!

 

[silkiechicken]

Since you are in an "upscale" neighborhood, get some "upscale chickens!" Get something funky like polish with their top hats and nobody should make a fuss. Call them exotic birds that live outside! If they don't look like standard chickens, who's gunna know? Shoot, someone asked me if my buff silkie rooster was a monkey!!!

And yeah, that shed is kind of big for a few hens, are you sure you can't just make a place "for a pet dog" but instead dividide the dog and oops, there are four legs in there but it's actually two chickens!

 

[kv]

The interesting thing about this shed kit is that I think you can make it any size you want. I love love the "playhouse'" coop, but I don't think that will fly around here. This would be like that on the side that faces me.
I also love the EGLU--does anybody have it? How do you like it? It's so pricey, but I notice there is like zero building and assembling--I like that.

Do the hens mind being jammed in there? It looks kind of tight.

KV