Fort Cluck - First Time Building Coop

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I have sinned. Bought my first prefab coop for another broody hen and her chicks. Bluey was supervising

 

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At least Miss Prissy and her chicks are happy

 

[aart]

I have sinned. Bought my first prefab coop

for another broody hen and her chicks.

Well,they are good for that....but eventually those birds will have to go into the flock, right?

 

[cluckingheck]

Well,they are good for that....but eventually those birds will have to go into the flock, right?

Sort of. I’m hatching and selling for a buddy I went to high school with. He doesn’t want them until their old enough to not need heat/mom

 

[aart]

Sort of. I’m hatching and selling for a buddy I went to high school with. He doesn’t want them until their old enough to not need heat/mom

Excellent!

 

[cluckingheck]

So. Design flaw that needs addressed: we never put a door handle on the inside. This was the second time I’ve got locked in the coop, lol. Only enough wifi to send a text ( no cell service where I live and the coop’s fairly far from the house ) and I didn’t want to break the door trying to get out. Locked in there for 20mins while the chickens wondered wtf I was doing

 

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Some deep cleaning to get ready for painting the inside and putting the flooring down. The broodies are pissed but they aren’t sitting on eggs, so they’re freeloaders at this point. Just mad at me that I took all of the bedding out of the nesting boxes

 

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To give an idea of what it’s going to look like. Patchwork but hey it was free scrap rubberized laminate flooring ( i THINK ). It’s going to give them a lot of cushion when jumping from the roosts and I don’t think it’s too slick for them

 

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i love painting…