First timer, Teddi's chicken coop & run

[teddiliza]

http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii232/teddiliza/?action=view&current=Teddischickencoop.jpg


The run is a detachable tractor with a round board for the gate that slides inbetween two bars, and fits right up to the coop.

Now I just need to cut a hole in the floor and make a ladder so there is a way to get from top to bottom. I'll wait till they're a bit older...

My chicks:
http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii232/teddiliza/?action=view&current=foodperch.jpg

I got so many great ideas from this site!
The roof is an old glass shower door (opaque) which I'll cover with a rug in the summer.


Teddi.

 

[Scrambled Egg]

cute babies & nice coop = happy chickens and lots of eggs!

 

[countryboy]

looks great, nice chicks

 

[ZooZoo]

Great use of materials. Very creative!

 

[AtRendeAcres]

 

[teddiliza]

After my husband spent $100 on lumber and supplies for the coop part, I wanted to use what we had for the tractor. I used the rubbermaid shelving grates from a closet organizer we didn't like, an old portable metal closet frame, and some wood from a twin bed box spring mattress. I did spend more money putting wheels on the bottom of the chicken coop and using a stackable recycle bin for the nesting box. And of course, hardware cloth and chicken wire and the cable ties, an electric stapler and staples.

All in all, I've probably spent $200 on the coop and run!
These better be some darn good eggs when they start laying!

Teddi

 

[teddiliza]

Testing, testing.......

AHA! It worked!

 

[jab91864]

I like it !!!

Julie