Hey gang, thanks for the replies! I've been away for work and couldn't get back to this thread until now!!!
ginger c. :
looks great! you might want to consider adding some hardware cloth around the bottom, we've heard horror stories about chikens getting pulled through chicken wire by racoons. the coop really is beautiful!!!
Thank you very much Ginger C! I tuck the chickens away into their coop at night so hopefully that won't be much of an issue.... Not sure if the racoons would be around much during the day - haven't seen any of them anyways. Once they get a little bigger, I'm going to let the chickens out of the coop so they can poke around the yard and field during the day anyways so the 1/2" hardware cloth won't help them much if they aren't in the coop.
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I thank thank thank you very much Kichohana! lol I made it to match my dog run that's right next to it.....
Like I said to Ginger C, I've been putting them to sleep in their little house at night, and we have two big labs in the kennel next to them, who have done a good job at keeping cats and coon's away from the yard so far, so I'm hoping that'll keep up. As for the grass, it's already taking a hit, which I knew would be the case - still trying to decide what to put down on the ground once the grass is gonezo... maybe sand? The birds are still a little on the small side so I'm not going to let them "Free Range" until they can take care of themselves a little better, and until they know where home is.
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Thanks RNGRBILL - The coop is 12 x 5 with a 12 x 6 roof. It probably ran me a good $500 to build with all pressure treated wood, wire, screwed, latches, plywood, shingles and so on.... and 3 days of work. Feel better and good luck!
Cheers,
Ryan
