Cozy coop and run

[Indychick]

Here is a picture of our cozy little coop and run. The chickens seem pretty happy and after about a week in their house we are going to try to free range them a little bit each day. We can't wait!

We live in the city and notice we have a privacy fence - unfortunately, we see possums and raccoons walking along top of the fence at night. We were very scared of a chicken assault so we tacked down a bunch of chicken wire around the bottom of the run and staked it down (for diggers) and covered it with dirt and mulch. Even though it is secure, I end up just shutting the door at night. I sleep better that way!

 

[Sock Puppet]

Looks very nice

Love the Red.

My girls want to color ours purple green and blue, hmmm wonder what that would look like

 

[wings]

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It would look awesome!

I love the coop. I was thinking of painting my coop that color...

 

[addiedunn]

That's awesome, Indy. We have a lot of raccoon and possum here in Beech Grove, too. Are you close?
YAY!!! For city chickens.

 

[redoak]

Very cute coop, great paint job

 

[Their Other Mother]

It is so cute! Did you build it yourself?

 

[Indychick]

I wish I can say we built it ourselves but we didn't. We got it from an Amish company, but we did build the run!

I wish I was handy, but by golly...

Addiedunn, we are north of the city near the Broadripple area. We live near the White river so we get TONS of wildlife. In fact, a few neighbors have seen fox (not surprising) and coyote (very surprising). One of our neighbor's cats actually lived through a coyote attack. Even though we are on a pretty busy street, the Deer, possums, coons, owls, everything don't seem to hesitate to knock on our door. I think they are used living in the city!

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Even if you didn't build it, that is a VERY nice little home for them!

I bet they will be happy there!