DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

[ihunt]

The angle is 4 degrees, they won,t be able to see the eggs and yes there is a water tight lid over the nest and egg-catcher ty for your ? and compliments.

 

[PetRock]

Nest boxes w/e






gg-catcher

Very nice hoop coop and egg boxes! We have 3 functional hoop coops at the 10 acre farm where my breeding flocks are (LF Langshans, Pita Pintas, Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds). They are not beautiful like yours but they work. We used heavy duty metal pipes for the base instead of wood or PVC pipes. Each hoop is made with 2 bent 5ft x 16 ft long cattle/hog panels, with a solid plywood back, and a tarp for covering. It is very windy in that area but we've had the coops for 1 1/2 yrs now and never had a lift off. We use a small tractor to move them around and give the birds fresh ground. We recently set up one of those portable garages from Harbor Freight to use as a temporary death row pen for cockerels. It went up so much quicker than the hoop coops but within a week, the wind had picked it up and threw it over. It was jail break time with cockerels running everywhere! It is now anchored down and hopefully will stay in place!

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Well, I built my chicken shelter to shelter two existing coops. My hens only sleep in the coops.

BUT, the two coops didn't fit under the shelter and it was awkward to open and close.

So, I took the coops back out and decided to build a coop within the shelter. It will be bigger than either of my current coops with two 5' perches to hopefully minimize drama. Here is the foundation.

I am assembling my new table saw so I can continue the build. I'll post as I progress. I will have a solid floor and use deep litter method.

 

[ihunt]

Thank you PetRock I am doing a similar design like yours with hog/cattle panels for a pig tractor. My hoop coop is pretty heave we've had a couple storms with high winds np so far I use a 6 wheeler to move mine around.

 

[perchie.girl]

I did orient them for handling the prevailing winds and the tarp covers to the ground on that side to make the prevailing winds go over the curved part, hopefully pressing in down, not up. This wind came from the opposite direction and was short lived (in a thunderstorm).

I'm not sure I trust stakes that I have to put in and take out, moving a bucket of sand seems easier, but if it's less effective . . .
I now have to prepare for something that should not happen again (or at least not for a long time), so I think I might get tempted to cut corners on stakes if they are a lot of work to put in. I'm trying to engineer around my own laziness.

By placing the curved side toward the wind you are creating an airfoil with lift. The air is forced faster over the curved side and it creates lift.

here is a simple diagram for aerodynamic lift. And yes even if the air cant go under initally it will create the high pressure underneath.




If you dont trust the dog ties then use a water barrel or an equivalent. You are going to need a lot of weight to hold the airfol of a hoop coop down. Belive me a five gallon bucket of water is heavier than a five gallon bucket of sand.

If you turn the flat end toward the wind you will create less lift because most of the force of the wind will be shoved upwards...

Another way to form a barrier to the wind would be to stack some straw bales jsut a few feet away from the coop and about half the height. Again shooting the air straight up. Or even parking a car or some sort of vehicle as a wind break.

Just throwing out ideas here.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Well, I built my chicken shelter to shelter two existing coops. My hens only sleep in the coops.

BUT, the two coops didn't fit under the shelter and it was awkward to open and close.

So, I took the coops back out and decided to build a coop within the shelter. It will be bigger than either of my current coops with two 5' perches to hopefully minimize drama. Here is the foundation.


I am assembling my new table saw so I can continue the build. I'll post as I progress. I will have a solid floor and use deep litter method.

I love your Gazebo... What a find that was.... Cant wait till you get started again.... sigh I wish I could start mine.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

The angle is 4 degrees, they won,t be able to see the eggs and yes there is a water tight lid over the nest and egg-catcher ty for your ? and compliments.

I have a design for a community nest box and was wondering about the best angle for the floor to make it a roll out nest box as well.
Thank you...

deb

 

[PrimroseMom1]

From box

to table saw

Yes, assembly required. Cut my first boards: four 8x10x2 to 63" lengths. The saw was impressive and scared me. Lol. But, I read everything in the book and watched safety videos on YouTube, so all is well.

 

[perchie.girl]

From box


to table saw



Yes, assembly required. Cut my first boards: four 8x10x2 to 63" lengths. The saw was impressive and scared me. Lol. But, I read everything in the book and watched safety videos on YouTube, so all is well.

OH I loved my table saw when I had one. Especially when you need to cut angled cuts or long ones. Having a big table with it is wonderful too I never had that.

edited to add. Remember Use the guard, Wear safety glasses, No loose clothing, No loose hair,
use the pusher thingy when your fingers get too close. Having something or some one to support long cuts on the back side is helpful.

Have fun creatin stuff... vbg.

deb

 

[LindaB220]

I have a design for a community nest box and was wondering about the best angle for the floor to make it a roll out nest box as well.
Thank you...

deb

Yea!!! Deb, that's what I'm wanting, a community nest box.