Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LozzyR]

Here's photos of my coop / run setup.
This view is facing north-northeast
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The Omlet coop and run all tarped up. I added 2 ft hardware cloth along the base, plus hardware cloth extension/adapter to attach to the tall run. You can see a small black 2" pipe on the roof of the coop. It is actually inside a 4" pipe section holding the tarp away from the top of the run, and the pipe holds the tarp away from the coop top, which overlaps onto the roof, away from the roof there, helping with ventilation. The setup is on the ground which is pretty damp (I've got bedding all piled upon it). There is one of the coop vents right below the pipe, and I had seen some condensation on the low-run tarp. That's gone since doing this.
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The 6x9 tall run. The pipe and wood wedged in over the top stable door are holding out the tarp for now, keeps the rain & snow away. I want to try to make a hardware cloth overhang for it. To the right of that I just made a roof extension of hardware cloth & shower curtain to do just that over the south-facing un-tarped vent area. I want to do one on the opposite back end, but maybe baffled/pointed down as the wind, rain and snow really blow fiercely 'round the garage/barn into it. Right now I have wood wedged between the top tarp and the run wall tarp on the back end. This tall run still needs 2-ft hardware cloth all around the bottom, won't get to it until the weather warms up. You can see from the lower door in the above picture that the bottom 3-foot panels have wire that is set smaller, but each column is still about 3" wide.
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The 3x3 bump-out I made from freed-up panels after the coop & run were attached. I wasn't planning on using the small stable doors on the end so I wrapped them in shower curtains; I'm going to cut it and I have panels from shower curtains made that will fit there so the doors can be used. That's the cat carrier on buckets in there. I put a 2x3ft panel of hardware cloth between the right side wall and the carrier.
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Looking from the tall run down the low run to the coop. The run handles are supporting the shape of the run top, and although the bottom panel is buckled in a bit where it hinges/attaches, it works. That's as far as it has ever buckled and I don't think it's going to move more. In the Summer and Fall the Buckeyes seemed to like to dustbathe on the right side of the length, and also they sometimes fly straight out of the coop door on the left side, so it's been free of furniture for awhile. They do like running down the length also. There were two above-the-head swings set up in line with the run length for the Summer and I will set them up that way once they start tractoring again. But now that there's a 4-5" log perch in the tall run they stopped using the swings for their mid-day siestas. The 3" flat wooden swing I made (not here now) was always 1st choice over the smaller diameter plastic yellow manufactured swing seen here, even with rug-stopper non-skid cushioning on it for when they were chicks. I set this one up perpendicular to the length but it is unused. I took off the rug stopper when they began shredding it.
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OK that's the setup. I want to add levels in the tall run - a card table for instance which was suggested here, but I have to make or get one.

Do your girls like the swing? I don’t think mine would like one.

 

[Ribh]

Well, my feedback is coming late, but I’d let Queenie decide if she wants to try to roost with them.

Ditto.

 

[fuentemoon]

Happy New year everyone! I am still 2000 pages behind, having started from the beginning but wanted to say hi, speed reading my way through as best I can the last 2 days. You all thought you talked a lot the first year year!

 

[LozzyR]

Color me surprised but my Mum did tell me this as well.

We are definitely converting you; you said ‘Mum’ instead of ‘Mom’!

 

[LozzyR]

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I’d love to see some updated photos of Ned and Lucky when @CrazyChookChookLady has a chance.

 

[LozzyR]

Notice how I almost never post without typos? It’s because I’m on my phone. My computer died ages ago. My daughter, son and husband all have their own laptops. I’ve held off on getting one for myself, because I want something powerful enough to handle a nice Adobe suite, and that will be pricey! I do have a dinosaur of a macbook pro for eork (early 2015), but it’s not really supposed to be used for personal stuff.

What do you use the Adobe bundle for?

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy New Year everyone!
I am impressed at everyone who stayed up until midnight. I gave up at 10pm and decided my cozy bed was the best place to be to mark the passing of 2020 which I did blissfully deeply asleep dreaming of my chicken garden design - it got rather elaborate in my dreams!

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning everyone and Happy New Year

 

[Louwin]

Here's photos of my coop / run setup.
This view is facing north-northeast
View attachment 2470325

The Omlet coop and run all tarped up. I added 2 ft hardware cloth along the base, plus hardware cloth extension/adapter to attach to the tall run. You can see a small black 2" pipe on the roof of the coop. It is actually inside a 4" pipe section holding the tarp away from the top of the run, and the pipe holds the tarp away from the coop top, which overlaps onto the roof, away from the roof there, helping with ventilation. The setup is on the ground which is pretty damp (I've got bedding all piled upon it). There is one of the coop vents right below the pipe, and I had seen some condensation on the low-run tarp. That's gone since doing this.
View attachment 2470331

The 6x9 tall run. The pipe and wood wedged in over the top stable door are holding out the tarp for now, keeps the rain & snow away. I want to try to make a hardware cloth overhang for it. To the right of that I just made a roof extension of hardware cloth & shower curtain to do just that over the south-facing un-tarped vent area. I want to do one on the opposite back end, but maybe baffled/pointed down as the wind, rain and snow really blow fiercely 'round the garage/barn into it. Right now I have wood wedged between the top tarp and the run wall tarp on the back end. This tall run still needs 2-ft hardware cloth all around the bottom, won't get to it until the weather warms up. You can see from the lower door in the above picture that the bottom 3-foot panels have wire that is set smaller, but each column is still about 3" wide.
View attachment 2470335

The 3x3 bump-out I made from freed-up panels after the coop & run were attached. I wasn't planning on using the small stable doors on the end so I wrapped them in shower curtains; I'm going to cut it and I have panels from shower curtains made that will fit there so the doors can be used. That's the cat carrier on buckets in there. I put a 2x3ft panel of hardware cloth between the right side wall and the carrier.
View attachment 2470336

Looking from the tall run down the low run to the coop. The run handles are supporting the shape of the run top, and although the bottom panel is buckled in a bit where it hinges/attaches, it works. That's as far as it has ever buckled and I don't think it's going to move more. In the Summer and Fall the Buckeyes seemed to like to dustbathe on the right side of the length, and also they sometimes fly straight out of the coop door on the left side, so it's been free of furniture for awhile. They do like running down the length also. There were two above-the-head swings set up in line with the run length for the Summer and I will set them up that way once they start tractoring again. But now that there's a 4-5" log perch in the tall run they stopped using the swings for their mid-day siestas. The 3" flat wooden swing I made (not here now) was always 1st choice over the smaller diameter plastic yellow manufactured swing seen here, even with rug-stopper non-skid cushioning on it for when they were chicks. I set this one up perpendicular to the length but it is unused. I took off the rug stopper when they began shredding it.
View attachment 2470339

OK that's the setup. I want to add levels in the tall run - a card table for instance which was suggested here, but I have to make or get one.

I love this set up. It looks amazing. So snug for the winter.

 

[LozzyR]

Happy New Year everyone!
I am impressed at everyone who stayed up until midnight. I gave up at 10pm and decided my cozy bed was the best place to be to mark the passing of 2020 which I did blissfully deeply asleep dreaming of my chicken garden design - it got rather elaborate in my dreams!

If I hadn’t been scrapbooking I probably wouldn’t have been up. The rest of the fam were asleep!