Finally completely finished...

[3KillerBs]

That's come out very well.

 

[perkolator]

Looks great!

My only critique is the run's roof doesn't look like it's pitched, so hopefully that's not an issue with water drainage and leaf accumulation due to being under that tree. My roof has a very shallow pitch and being under trees it will accumulate material and I have to remember to clear it off every now and then.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Very nice! That space under your poop boards would make an awesome brooder/broody/hospital area!

 

[mossyoakpro]

That is a fortress. Very well done. Only suggestion I could add is more play things in the run. Swing, perches, bricks, pallets...etc. Hang a head of cabbage down just out of reach and enjoy your chickentv.... Beautiful coop and run you got.

Thanks!! I'm working on a perch idea now....in the meantime I threw in some milk crates with a board between them. I forgot to mention my run has 5 inches of sand in it....I just raked up some leaves and tossed them in for them to have something to scratch at for a while.

 

[mossyoakpro]

Looks great!

My only critique is the run's roof doesn't look like it's pitched, so hopefully that's not an issue with water drainage and leaf accumulation due to being under that tree. My roof has a very shallow pitch and being under trees it will accumulate material and I have to remember to clear it off every now and then.

Has a 3 inch drop but I'll have to take my blower and blow it off in the fall I'm sure. It drains off very good right now.

 

[mossyoakpro]

Very nice! That space under your poop boards would make an awesome brooder/broody/hospital area!

Thanks! If I have any baby chicks around they're gonna be taken care of by a momma hen or I'll buy pullets that are ready for the coop....it was a fun experience but one I don't care to do again anytime soon

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Thanks! If I have any baby chicks around they're gonna be taken care of by a momma hen or I'll buy pullets that are ready for the coop....it was a fun experience but one I don't care to do again anytime soon

I can completely understand that

 

[Mouthpear]

Very nice looking. Functional.

 

[Yfd417]

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!!!

Very nice. Looks well planned.

 

[suzrwin]

Gorgeous! Your chickens must be loving it.