Hidden Forest Coop

[Jetpad]

I've made a few camouflage tarps that I can attach to the coop during winter. I bought two burlap camouflage duck blinds, hemmed their edges (they were kind-of raw and unravelling otherwise) and added some grommets for attaching them. Here is the coop from one angle without the tarps.



Here's the tarps hanging down from the roof. Along the bottom I have another short strip of brown plastic tarp I was using for my wood pile that I can put up to block the wind and snow along the bottom of the run. The opposite side of the coop that faces my house won't be covered.



Here's the coop from another angle but without the brown tarp along the bottom. You can see a little a few branches of an evergreen that I planted on the left. It'll help block things some but it'll probably take a while to grow in all this shade.


And here it is with the brown tarp.

 

[magdalene74]

Wow, what a magic trick, you made your coop disappear!!! hahaha. Good job

 

[aart]

Wow, what a magic trick, you made your coop disappear!!! hahaha. Good job

LOL!! Ditto.... Good Job!

 

[smcgill]

How are you going to explane the crowing rooster?
Very nice build!

 

[Papas Chickens]

Great coop, if your still having issues with the ramp you could make a 50/50 mix of sand and paint and paint it on the ramp that will help give the chickens better traction to go up it. You can get some camo tarps from a army surplus store, the kind that the military use to hide there HQ in the bush, all you have to do is drape it over the coop and secure the corners. For the water running down into your coop if you have any fallin logs or old telephone poles laying around you could make a border 20 foot above your coop and stake them in place to redirect the water and it will add another lvl of camo and natural outdoors look to the area.

 

[Papas Chickens]

This is making me want to build a forest looking coop out here in AZ lol.

 

[MrsBrooke]

I am dying to know how that artificial pet grass works in your nest boxes.

Great job, beautiful coop, and thanks for taking us along with you on your journey!

 

[Jetpad]

I am dying to know how that artificial pet grass works in your nest boxes.

Great job, beautiful coop, and thanks for taking us along with you on your journey!

Thanks. Yea, I want to find out too. I'm pretty sure they are going to try to tear them up as they arrange their nest. But if not, it should work out well with the sand I'm planning on using in the coop part of the coop/run.

I'm waiting on USPS for the delivery of my 7 chicks right now. Hopefully I should get them within the hour.

 

[Chipper Chicken]

Great coop......For the water running down into your coop if you have any fallin logs or old telephone poles laying around you could make a border 20 foot above your coop and stake them in place to redirect the water and it will add another lvl of camo and natural outdoors look to the area.

This is a real good method the forest service uses a lot to divert water around roads, etc. Any size "logs" at all will help, if all you have are round treated fence posts , use a series of them at an not quite sideways angle pegged into the ground from the downhill side. Make great steps too if the water isn't running, lol.

 

[Jetpad]

Great coop......For the water running down into your coop if you have any fallin logs or old telephone poles laying around you could make a border 20 foot above your coop and stake them in place to redirect the water and it will add another lvl of camo and natural outdoors look to the area.

Quote: Thanks for the good ideas. I'm going to wait and see how it does with the next big rain and if it's still getting in, I'll try something like that.