"Dog Gone" Coop

[Jloeffler]

Very nice! And your girls are cute and look very comfortable!

 

[ChicKat]

Nice job! Egg-selent

 

[Alte Vogel]

We live in southern Alabama and get a rare snow. When we do I hope my peeps will be ok. Hopefully by then I will be able to have built a real coop. DH has said he isn't going to help me any more with "those chickens." Whenever I ask for help though there he is. LOL. He is always out there looking and checking on them. I just smile to myself and don't say anything.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Sounds like with your climate you may not even really need a full blown coop- so long as they have cover from wind and rain.. and the ocassional snow, I bet they'll be fine. The turkey barns I've seen (that house like 10,000 at a time) are all open- just a roof with wire sides with tarps that can be draped down over the sides if they need them. And apparently, they do just fine like that. There is a home down the road and they have a shed with a very large open door- it's never shut, not even in the winter for their turkeys and chickens. We live in a MUCH colder climate than you do. The dog panels look very secure- and that is going to save you a lot of worry.

 

[Going Quackers]

Do you have coons there? my only concern would be adding hardware clothing to the upper walls where you have the dogloo's elevated.. since coons can reach and grab... otherwise i like it

: We have an old dog run where the ducks pool goes and we pen them in times when we don't want the loose, there definitely useful.

 

[wava1vaughn]

Hi from Ga.

Looks good.

 

[stubbornhill]

Love your inginuity! Looks great!

 

[riverchicks]

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We live in southern Alabama and get a rare snow. When we do I hope my peeps will be ok. Hopefully by then I will be able to have built a real coop. DH has said he isn't going to help me any more with "those chickens." Whenever I ask for help though there he is. LOL. He is always out there looking and checking on them. I just smile to myself and don't say anything.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

That's funny! I do find my hubby watching the chicks too. Right now he is building a coop for us, but he did volunteer for it!

 

[Love2Homeschool]

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I'm so glad to see people using the dog houses for coops. My son is building some pens to breed bantams and this is what I had in mind for their roosts. We have 2 extra large dog houses and I thought it would work fine for 4 bantams to roost in!