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Blackberrys! The look on your face says it all. LOL

Nice job.
 
I think my chickens just decided your coop is better then theirs! Wow so very nice, hadnt thought of using a greenhouse setup.
 
Nomibear said:
Awesome conversion! I love your coop! What are the finished mesurments, and how many chickens?
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The coop is just over 10' wide and about 70' long, including the playpen/dust bath area. Then there is a fenced pasture/orchard/forest with about 300' perimeter fencing. We do have 5 of the younger roosters in their own special housing which is just outside the coop in the shade of the same sequoia tree. Even on the hottest days here (over 100 a few times this summer) it hasn't been comparatively "cool" in the shadiest end of the coop, and there is usually a nice breeze, especially in the late afternoon. The girls tend to come in when the sun gets too strong out in the pasture.

This fall/next spring I want to expand the pasture, plant more trees for the orchard and reseed the ground in there with more clover and low grasses for the hens, and maybe water it a bit during super dry spells. Here in Oregon stuff tends to go pretty dormant in the summer because summers are so dry, but I would like the chickens to have more salad to eat, and I think it would also help attract more bugs.

We've been ignoring the orchard for a while, and I've never seen our apples look so promising as they do this year. I really like the idea of having chickens share space with fruit trees. The chickens also really seem to enjoy the part of the pasture which is under some evergreens.
 
Dwkuska said:
I think my chickens just decided your coop is better then theirs! Wow so very nice, hadnt thought of using a greenhouse setup.
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I think greenhouses could become hothouses if there isn't good shade cover ... But due to my complete lack of carpentry skills, I really liked having something with some structural integrity to build around. If the greenhouses were more "hoop" style, there might be a few more challenges, but it could still work.
 

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