Hybrid Hoop Coop/DLM

[aart]

Wonders if @mraab ever went forward with this design?

 

[mraab]

I did!!

I built it, and it turned out tremendously well!! I’ll post some pics tomorrow. I’m extremely happy with it.

 

[aart]

I did!!

I built it, and it turned out tremendously well!! I’ll post some pics tomorrow. I’m extremely happy with it.

Sweet!!

 

[mraab]

Here’s the outside from the front.

 

[mraab]

Side view

 

[mraab]

Inside - currently divided off for the introduction of new chicks

 

[mraab]

Happy chickens safe from predators

 

[mraab]

Egg door in the back with an overhang added to keep the rain out

 

[aart]

Nice.
What's the width and length and height?
Probably too soon to tell how the deep litter is working.

 

[mraab]

It’s 16’ from front door to back wall and 7.5’ wide. Height in the middle is roughly 6’. I’m 5’5”, and I can comfortably walk anywhere inside.

The deep litter is working brilliantly! No stink, no flies (inside the coop, at least), and no shit shoveling on my part. I couldn’t be happier.

I’m quite certain that the key is that 75-80% of the coop is covered from the rain. Even here in the hot, humid, and wet Carolinas, the ground under the cover stays dry. It’s amazing what a difference that makes.