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[BrandonsBirbs]

On top of that, my coop and run will be on bricks so that's another challenge haha! Oh why am I so addicted to birds..

 

[3KillerBs]

Yeah I agree with everything you've said, and more, I just don't know where I'm meant to be looking in all honesty. I've been recommended Eglu but they're so damn expensive and so small I don't think I can justify them.

Do you have any DIY capability at all? Or do you have anyone who could help/teach you? A modest-sized wooden box with a shed roof is a pretty easy build.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Do you have any DIY capability at all? Or do you have anyone who could help/teach you? A modest-sized wooden box with a shed roof is a pretty easy build.

I do and I don't, I think I'm pretty capable but time is always an issue and we have rain every single day at the moment, and I have no indoor space to do such a thing. I've not got any great saws either, I generally do everything the long way with a handsaw! I do have a small jig

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

I'm going to have to DIY a run too since I can't find any decent ones of those lol, that'll be fun but at least there's no real rush there.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Oh and I'm 6 foot 6in, with permanent spinal damage from a motorcycle accident, I am so scared to have to clean those premade coops lol

 

[3KillerBs]

I do and I don't, I think I'm pretty capable but time is always an issue and we have rain every single day at the moment, and I have no indoor space to do such a thing. I've not got any great saws either, I generally do everything the long way with a handsaw! I do have a small jig

It always does seem to rain on the DIY.

Oh and I'm 6 foot 6in, with permanent spinal damage from a motorcycle accident, I am so scared to have to clean those premade coops lol

Would some kind of less redneck, more secure take on my Camp Cockerel be possible? Converting some kind of frame into a combination coop/run? I know that Silkies need more protection than my hot climate cull boys, but I think I remember seeing a coop made from a metal bunkbed frame once. No idea where or when -- a long time ago.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

It always does seem to rain on the DIY.



Would some kind of less redneck, more secure take on my Camp Cockerel be possible? Converting some kind of frame into a combination coop/run? I know that Silkies need more protection than my hot climate cull boys, but I think I remember seeing a coop made from a metal bunkbed frame once. No idea where or when -- a long time ago.

That is pretty cool! My only worry with things like that is we can't nail things to the floor and it gets very windy for long periods of time so tarp is not great. But I am sure there are ways around that. I have tried to Google efficient DIY coops but it just comes up with nonsense coops like "car conversions" and that stuff.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

There's a few websites here that sell pallets.. I've made a lot of planters and things with them in the past.

These are 1080mm x 1080mm, 15 for £81.. not bad?

 

[3KillerBs]

There's a few websites here that sell pallets.. I've made a lot of planters and things with them in the past.

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These are 1080mm x 1080mm, 15 for £81.. not bad?

Nothing wrong with a pallet build!

You could make one entire wall swing open for easy cleaning.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Nothing wrong with a pallet build!

You could make one entire wall swing open for easy cleaning.

Thank you!

I go away for a maximum of 4 days at a time and think my best option could be to keep the girls inside their coop during this time, what sort of size would we be talking for this?