((EMERGENCY)) More Chicks On The Way, No More Room!

[oldchickenlady]

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Why are you being such a negative Nellie? They have about 5 weeks to put something together!

What is negative about being prepared?

Nothing wrong with getting them early, either.

 

[yelim]

Get them when you want them, but I won't get them until I'm ready to take care of them.

 

[perchie.girl]

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LOL sounds like chicken math to me

Very funny thread

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=445527&p=1

I already posted one suggestion. You will figure it all out...

 

[Whiskey Bay]

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Home Depot sucks... Try going to your local Walmart.Go to the bakery dept(if they bake cakes there) and ask them if they have any empty buckets.I get loads of free buckets every week.All kinds of kool sizes to use,from like 1/2 gal to 5 gal. They get the cake icings and garlic spreads,things like that in bulk buckets and empties lots of them every week. Mine washes them out with hot water,but sometimes you may just have to wash out the icing if they don't,but hey...it's freebies...usually all with lids to.Heavy duty...Home Depot sucks....I will never spend another nickel there again.

 

[gryeyes]

I get my buckets from my local grocery store bakery. Free. Really heavy duty! All I had to do was call and ask if they had any, and they even told me when there would be more available.

 

[Smittenroade]

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Lol

My title is a bit "exaggerated" to get people to interested in my post and share their knowledge. Obviously I have a bit of a plan already in place and plenty of space to keep the chickens. I have about 2 months to put something together as well. To put things into perspective for you, I already have a fairly large coop about 8x6 and 5 of my birds are going to freezer camp soon anyways. If all fails and I dont get another coop done I can always cram them into my big coop. But like I said I still have plenty of time and plenty of materials.

Thanks for all the wonderful posts everybody, those are some pretty stellar ideas!

 

[kandooshe]

Awesome

 

[Smittenroade]

Here is an update on what I have accomplished coop wise. First off I found a TOWER, yes a TOWER to make into a coop. I will most likely be the only chicken owner with a TOWER as a coop lol it is actually a hunting blind tower

Also I put the small hunting blind next to my big coop and my freerange chickens have already been in it and like it very much.

Here is the tower! Im going to cover it about 6ft up with metal hardware cloth and put some kind of roof on top of it. Any suggestions would be awesome, the possibilities are ENDLESS!

Here is all of my "coops" together. It looks kinda like a chicken fortress like someone mentioned earlier. lol

 

[perchie.girl]

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Oooh I want that tower. Where do you get hunting towers new? LOL you could do the coop in the bottom then make places to get out in the sunshine in the top. Its also the perfect shape for making a Goat house/playhouse.

I am so excited to see what your coming up with.

 

[perchie.girl]

perchie.girl :

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Oooh I want that tower. Where do you get hunting towers new? LOL you could do the coop in the bottom then make places to get out in the sunshine in the top. Its also the perfect shape for making a Goat house/playhouse.

I am so excited to see what your coming up with.

I just did google search and wow.... Thanks for giving me lots of ideas​