fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[NanaK]

I need a couple of more coops

Funny you should say that.

A Coop Story

1st coop
Long long ago, built one small coop for a "few" chickens in what had been a dog pen. Things went well. Small coop was hard to clean. We wanted "more chickens".

2nd Coop
9 months later in the middle of winter, built a walk in coop.

Yay! Love it. Easy to clean. Ready for new spring chicks!

Year 2-First Broody and Built A Broody Box
Let my BO sit in nest box. Big mistake! Other hens tried to continually add eggs to clutch. Marked hens eggs. Removed new ones daily. Ended up with broken eggs. Messy! She hatched 4 chicks! Yay!
3 are roosters.
Build a broody box under poop board with separate outside run.
Works well!

Year 4- Two Broodies at one time. Then a third a week later! Yikes!
Quickly built a 3x4 coop and added run.

At some point, I also crawled in the attic of the barn and got down a large dog wire dog kennel I had. The story get's all fuzzy in my head at this point!

Almost 11 years after building that first little coop, we are now trying to find the time to build a second walk in coop and add to the run again. Then we can separate when we want to breed certain chickens.

One thing I've figured out, if you build the coop they will come.
I have to say, I've certainly enjoyed to the ride!

 

[fuzzi]

Funny you should say that.

A Coop Story

1st coop
Long long ago, built one small coop for a "few" chickens in what had been a dog pen. Things went well. Small coop was hard to clean. We wanted "more chickens".

2nd Coop
9 months later in the middle of winter, built a walk in coop.

Yay! Love it. Easy to clean. Ready for new spring chicks!

Year 2-First Broody and Built A Broody Box
Let my BO sit in nest box. Big mistake! Other hens tried to continually add eggs to clutch. Marked hens eggs. Removed new ones daily. Ended up with broken eggs. Messy! She hatched 4 chicks! Yay!
3 are roosters.
Build a broody box under poop board with separate outside run.
Works well!

Year 4- Two Broodies at one time. Then a third a week later! Yikes!
Quickly built a 3x4 coop and added run.

At some point, I also crawled in the attic of the barn and got down a large dog wire dog kennel I had. The story get's all fuzzy in my head at this point!

Almost 11 years after building that first little coop, we are now trying to find the time to build a second walk in coop and add to the run again. Then we can separate when we want to breed certain chickens.

One thing I've figured out, if you build the coop they will come.
I have to say, I've certainly enjoyed to the ride!

Love it!

I have gone back to the first post in my thread and skimmed, revisited my build, trials, and successes.

Has it really only been a year since I started the build?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Time flies when you're having fun right?!

Yes, it's time for another coop or two. I'd like to move some of my birds.
The coop I use was actually built and set empty for around 1 1/2yrs before I ever got chicks. Things have a way of working out though and here we are today!

It's been in the thought process for a while to build another coop/run or move an old shed on our property, redo it and use that. We'll see how things go.
We've been working on cutting down some trees, clearing, etc., takes time with just us doing it and it's a process. Will we get it all done this year? Probably not, but we're making progress!

 

[fuzzi]

Time flies when you're having fun right?!

Yes, it's time for another coop or two. I'd like to move some of my birds.
The coop I use was actually built and set empty for around 1 1/2yrs before I ever got chicks. Things have a way of working out though and here we are today!

It's been in the thought process for a while to build another coop/run or move an old shed on our property, redo it and use that. We'll see how things go.
We've been working on cutting down some trees, clearing, etc., takes time with just us doing it and it's a process. Will we get it all done this year? Probably not, but we're making progress!

If I built another coop I think I would probably do another like the one I have.

 

[fuzzi]

Pouring rain here, SO GLAD it's not colder...

 

[NanaK]

We are getting some downpours too.
I was out earlier with the chickens. It was chilly to me.

 

[fuzzi]

We are getting some downpours too.
I was out earlier with the chickens. It was chilly to me.

Not bad here:

 

[NanaK]

Yes, it's about 60f here now but this morning when I went out it was 48f and I got wet! The rain was cold! Brrrrrrrrr Chickens didn't act like they cared.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

If I built another coop I think I would probably do another like the one I have.

I've been looking at that too

 

[fuzzi]

I've been looking at that too

I did a lot of research, mainly here on BYC, before building my hoop coop. Come to think of it, I continued exploring for others' insights as I built!

If I did it before I could do it again. And maybe next time my door would be straight!