oldfartfarmer
Chirping
- May 10, 2015
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Hi all, Im 50 something, and spent the last week getting a chicken coop/shed ready for some chickens,
First time having them, so lots to learn
I didn't want to build a coop and had a 8x8 x 8-with a four corner peaked roof shed we don't use,
its got a raised floor, and part of the walls had been pine boarded on the inside, there was a boarded up hole for a wood stove,
so I'm thinking this was a heavy duty ice-house at one time,
anyways i stripped it, and made a 12x18 window out of the hole, with wire mesh and a clear plastic roofing on the outside so it won't rain in,
I took and made a raised shelf 18 inches to hold 6, 5 gal buckets for the eggs, and have 2 inches of pine shavings on the floor,
ive screwed in roosting posts, into the corners away from the buckets, got the door cut for them,
tomorrow I'm going to cut the main door, in half, and wire up the inside of the lower door, up to full hight
so i can open the top half on warm days and let the air in, with a roosting post on the lower door,
(opinions welcome here,)
ill be building a 10feet x 8 feet fenced in pen with half of it covered with metal and clear roofing, about 4 feet high,
if I'm thinking right after a few days or a week i can open the door of the fenced in area and let them free roam and they won't run off to the nieghbors,
ill be going to get them tomorrow, afternoon,
oh there Golden Comet Pullets for eggs only as my G?F is a city girl and won't eat anything not on the store shelf,
took me a year to get her to want to eat chicken eggs,,,
Ill be posting pictures tomorrow,
thanks
John
First time having them, so lots to learn
I didn't want to build a coop and had a 8x8 x 8-with a four corner peaked roof shed we don't use,
its got a raised floor, and part of the walls had been pine boarded on the inside, there was a boarded up hole for a wood stove,
so I'm thinking this was a heavy duty ice-house at one time,
anyways i stripped it, and made a 12x18 window out of the hole, with wire mesh and a clear plastic roofing on the outside so it won't rain in,
I took and made a raised shelf 18 inches to hold 6, 5 gal buckets for the eggs, and have 2 inches of pine shavings on the floor,
ive screwed in roosting posts, into the corners away from the buckets, got the door cut for them,
tomorrow I'm going to cut the main door, in half, and wire up the inside of the lower door, up to full hight
so i can open the top half on warm days and let the air in, with a roosting post on the lower door,
(opinions welcome here,)
ill be building a 10feet x 8 feet fenced in pen with half of it covered with metal and clear roofing, about 4 feet high,
if I'm thinking right after a few days or a week i can open the door of the fenced in area and let them free roam and they won't run off to the nieghbors,
ill be going to get them tomorrow, afternoon,
oh there Golden Comet Pullets for eggs only as my G?F is a city girl and won't eat anything not on the store shelf,
took me a year to get her to want to eat chicken eggs,,,
Ill be posting pictures tomorrow,
thanks
John
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