I bought 6 chickens on April Fools Day...then built a coop.

[Kiki]

I come to check out your coop (which is beautiful) and got caught fly fishing !

 

[Daniel Braun]

You've stumbled into my master plan. Raise chickens, eat eggs, tie flies with feathers!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

You've stumbled into my master plan. Raise chickens, eat eggs, tie flies with feathers!

hahaa , its beautiful there and I would LOVE to get my pole wet.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

You've stumbled into my master plan. Raise chickens, eat eggs, tie flies with feathers!

You WILL be able to make your own flys hu ? I found it pretty amazing how many times you could use the same one.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Fantastic job - thank you for sharing!

They love to help build, don't they? My girls acted as building inspectors for their coop...

- Ant Farm

 

[3riverschick]

If you want to tie flies you should get some of the "genetic Hackle" chickens . they use their capes just for tying flies. I believe there's some people here on byc that raise them.
Best,
Karen

 

[SavageChicken]

What a beautiful job you have done on your coop! I like that you also added the hardware mesh along the edging underneath the coop to prevent predators from digging in. Excellent work. Thank you for sharing this!

 

[ChickNanny13]

LOVE the colors, bright & cheery....Lucky girls. That hardware cloth is a real must to prevent predators digging under, great job. Just wondering did you put a "poop board" under your roost? Or does the poop collect on the floor?

You may want to install a poop board, adding PDZ in it for easy cleaning. I read about it after Hubby made my enclosure, luckily we were able to install one after the fact. It sure saves time cleaning since they do majority of their poop while on the roost Just a thought....

 

[Daniel Braun]

You may want to install a poop board, adding PDZ in it for easy cleaning. I read about it after Hubby made my enclosure, luckily we were able to install one after the fact. It sure saves time cleaning since they do majority of their poop while on the roost Just a thought....

Right now they just poop on the pine shavings on the floor. But I have noticed the concentration under their roost. I like the poop board idea. This will likely be the next upgrade. Will look into PDZ (its like cat litter isnt it?)

 

[fightingbunny]

Do you happen to have a link to the screws you used to attach the hardware cloth?

Also, what did you fasten the closure strips on the roof down with?

I love your coop! I wish I was brave enough to go with colors like that! My daughter (4 years old) scolded me for my "no color" neutral grey/brown and saw this picture and said we had to repaint our coop to match!

I see you ran the hardware cloth up to the roof. Is it possible to share some pictures of what that looks like where they come together? I am building a coop with the "Garden Coop" plans and they have it closed off at the level of the framing and an empty open section between the hardware cloth and roof.