Help me decide on a chicken coop

[McChooky]

Thanks for your input!

Welcome!

 

[McChooky]

Wow... I have 3 nesting boxes for 15 hens...

My 5 hens have a large community nest with an entrance on both sides (think circle driveway) In spite of it being tall and wide and 5 foot long they only lay in one corner of it and squawk when any other hens in it if they want to lay.

 

[3KillerBs]

Your visuals are helpful, if nobody has said so.

Thank you.

 

[McChooky]

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Based on the cinder blocks on the ground(16 inches long) I estimate it to be 4 ft on one side and maybe twice as big on the other (8 foot) You're likley looking at a 4 x 8 coop here 32 sq ft

 

[EliteTempleton]

Yes, I'm going to recommend you consider building your own coop. Hoop coops are easy to assemble, require few tools, are resource efficient, relatively inexpensive, and I've seen pictures of them fairing surprisingly well in your environment - which, honestly, I didn't expect.

Indeed I was figuring out what shelter I wanted to build for my feeder pigs today (came early with little notice). They're temporarily in a straw hut with a 4x6 scrap board roof. Was going to build something like a typical horse stall until I stumbled across the cattle panel solution. 4 T posts about 8' apart, arch in the panel, zip tie on the tarp, done. I have extra tarps and posts in the barn so I went and got a panel for ~$25 and the posts are under $5/each so I'll be done in 3 hours tomorrow for about $50. The back will be the panel that is already part of their pen, I think I have a piece of tin roofing I'll be able to use, if not, more tarp for now. Plus they can keep using the straw walls for insulation right where I put them already. If you do tin instead of tarps it's still pretty easy and predator proof. Here's an example at the bottom of the thread: https://www.homesteadingtoday.com/threads/pig-shelter-advice.191300/

If you don't have a big trailer you can loop the panel in the back of your truck like a big swiss roll on it's end.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Wow... I have 3 nesting boxes for 15 hens...

On my coop, on the length there is 3 plus an extra storage box. I had planned to convert it to another nesting box, but they don't even use all three.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I don't know if I posted this one before, but, what do you think about this? I asked for dimensions so I'll update when I get them.
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[aart]

I don't know if I posted this one before, but, what do you think about this? I asked for dimensions so I'll update when I get them.
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You did....

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..... and there was a reply......

Based on the cinder blocks on the ground(16 inches long) I estimate it to be 4 ft on one side and maybe twice as big on the other (8 foot) You're likley looking at a 4 x 8 coop here 32 sq ft

 

[McChooky]

You did....

..... and there was a reply......

My estimate was way off. 6 foots a bit smaller than 8 lol

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I need fast opinions on this
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