mossyoakpro
Songster
This forum has been an enormous help to me in my coop building journey....it is finally finished and the fluffers are in it. As I have posted before this coop started as a 50 year old barn/shed that my father in law built 50 plus years ago and as I was about to take it down when a lightbulb came on....CHICKENS!! So I began the rather lengthy and somewhat expensive task of rehabbing. Here are some of the features:
*Coop itself is 8x10 with hardware cloth on ceiling in the floor and in the walls...double walled with treated fence boards that I'll paint once they weather some more.
*Run is a 10x20 chain link with hardware cloth backing and a metal roof to keep everything dry(raked up some leaves for them to scratch in outside in the run)
*Coop and run combined have over 200 feet of hardware cloth on them....
*Poop boards/roost idea that came from this forum are 48 inches high, 24 inches wide and roosts are 8 inches from the bottom with PDZ in them
*Ventilation galore as recommended here...eaves, entire back wall as well as door and window into run area.
*Omlet auto door that seems to be working like a charm in the covered run.
It was quite a task that my wife is excited to finally see finished so I can move onto the honey do list...LOL
Thanks again to everyone who gave me some tips and pointers along the way!!!
*Coop itself is 8x10 with hardware cloth on ceiling in the floor and in the walls...double walled with treated fence boards that I'll paint once they weather some more.
*Run is a 10x20 chain link with hardware cloth backing and a metal roof to keep everything dry(raked up some leaves for them to scratch in outside in the run)
*Coop and run combined have over 200 feet of hardware cloth on them....
*Poop boards/roost idea that came from this forum are 48 inches high, 24 inches wide and roosts are 8 inches from the bottom with PDZ in them
*Ventilation galore as recommended here...eaves, entire back wall as well as door and window into run area.
*Omlet auto door that seems to be working like a charm in the covered run.
It was quite a task that my wife is excited to finally see finished so I can move onto the honey do list...LOL
Thanks again to everyone who gave me some tips and pointers along the way!!!
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