I need to vent

[BigBird 2025]

Thank you both Debbie292d and Bawknok, for your input and positive ideas. Ill build a simple enclosure that can be taken apart and stored flat till needed and then hang it overhead out of the way.

Do you have any thoughts on my cold weather question. From my research they should be ok for a few days of cold as long as their well fed and watered have roosting bars and are kept out of a draft situation. What say you?

 

[Debbie292d]

Thank you both Debbie292d and Bawknok, for your input and positive ideas. Ill build a simple enclosure that can be taken apart and stored flat till needed and then hang it overhead out of the way.

Do you have any thoughts on my cold weather question. From my research they should be ok for a few days of cold as long as their well fed and watered have roosting bars and are kept out of a draft situation. What say you?

When you said occasional temp in the 30s, did you mean 30°F? So rarely does it freeze there?

If that's the case, I'd not worry about them provided their coop is draft-free for when colder storms blow through. They'll need vents, but if those can be where they won't blow on the chickens, like over their heads.

 

[Bawkbok]

Thank you both Debbie292d and Bawknok, for your input and positive ideas. Ill build a simple enclosure that can be taken apart and stored flat till needed and then hang it overhead out of the way.

Do you have any thoughts on my cold weather question. From my research they should be ok for a few days of cold as long as their well fed and watered have roosting bars and are kept out of a draft situation. What say you?

They can handle the cold weather in FL just fine. This past January we had mid twenties (gosh that sounds nice) for several consecutive days. Ventilation is still important in winter but drafts are an issue. Ensure you have cracks and corners that could be drafty covered or closed. We have an open air run and use tarps on the northern side to block the northerly wind.

 

[BigBird 2025]

Thank you once again to you both, and yes I did mean 30F its not real common but it does happen. You have laid my fears to rest now. I will be making sure that when I cover the ends i stop all the draft place mostly along the edge of the hoop coop leaving an opening at the top at both ends to allow warm air and moisture to rise and have a place to escape. easy pezey

 

[Appalachickens]

I just read through this whole thread hoping to hear you finally got approved, and yay! you did! Are you working on the hoop coop now? I've noticed people on here who have them, like them. I'm blown away by how difficult it was for you to get approval, though. Where I am, there's no approval required and chickens are constantly in the road. In fact, when I called to ask if we could run electricity to a shed in advance of building our home, the county clerk was baffled and said, "Honey, it's your land, you can do whatever you want."

 

[AntiqueB]

I just read through this whole thread hoping to hear you finally got approved, and yay! you did! Are you working on the hoop coop now? I've noticed people on here who have them, like them. I'm blown away by how difficult it was for you to get approval, though. Where I am, there's no approval required and chickens are constantly in the road. In fact, when I called to ask if we could run electricity to a shed in advance of building our home, the county clerk was baffled and said, "Honey, it's your land, you can do whatever you want."

This is exactly what I want in a town. Where I am now, you even need a permit for taking down a tree.

 

[Appalachickens]

This is exactly what I want in a town. Where I am now, you even need a permit for taking down a tree.

Whoa! This area has a strong live and let live mindset. Or maybe more a mind your own business mindset.

 

[BigBird 2025]

I just read through this whole thread hoping to hear you finally got approved, and yay! you did! Are you working on the hoop coop now? I've noticed people on here who have them, like them. I'm blown away by how difficult it was for you to get approval, though. Where I am, there's no approval required and chickens are constantly in the road. In fact, when I called to ask if we could run electricity to a shed in advance of building our home, the county clerk was baffled and said, "Honey, it's your land, you can do whatever you want."

Hello East Tenn.
Just drove through your beautiful state a month ago up and back to Illinois.
Great to hear you read through the whole thread, hope you found it both interesting and entertaining. Yes I did get approved thankfully.

The county I live in seems to be heavy handed in general and on steroids when they come up with their rules and regulations. Example: Fence set backs are 10 and 15 feet from rear and side fences where as the city of Orlando requires only 5 feet respectively and they have a denser housing population, makes zero sense.

We are a tourist destination and it's all about the money and image. If the House of the Mouse were to suddenly go away things would change drastically here and Government wouldn't care so much.

So I have been procrastinating a bit on my coop build as something just wasn't sitting right with me. Several things bothered me and money for material was also a concern.

I kept researching and researching coop design after design even purchasing one set of plans I thought was to my liking; but didn't like the cost of the full size unit and down sizing was going to be a headache to figure out easily.

While visiting a family member in Illinois I was asked if I was going to build and house my girls in a chicken tractor. Hadn't give it a lot of thought so I initially said no, but got to thinking about them and started more research. I came across several interesting designs till I came across the hoop coop. It had all the simplicity I was looking for, easy to construct, roomy and at a price I liked.

My wife asked me basically the same question when are you going to build the coop and get chickens? This past weekend we took a trip to Tractor supply to look at the cattle fencing I will need to create the body of the coop. (I'm a visual learner)

I came home and found another youtube vide and a hoop coop design that was very clean in design and met me needs, so I am now going through my wood pile getting the material together and just need to figure a way to get 3-4x16 foot wire panels home. I would like to start building this week as its been several months now that I got the OK to have my girls.

I originally commented that it will be anchored and that the tarps would be held down so as not to fluff in high winds, but after talking to members and one mentioned acting like a sail I got to thinking I would be better off not strapping the tarp at least permanently but rather make it easy to remove. If and when we get a hurricane coming through. The coop is just an anchored cage that the wind can blow through easily. Ill just put loose stuff away to keep it from blowing around inside.

Ok that's all I got for the moment time to go do some honey-do's

Stay clucky

 

[BigBird 2025]

This is exactly what I want in a town. Where I am now, you even need a permit for taking down a tree.

Don't feel bad same here, and in Tallahassee Florida ""if"" your allowed to remove a tree you have to replace it by planting another one. Don't get me wrong I like the idea of replacing the downed tree but it is still a case of "You will" "We demand" "No choice" Just leave us alone.

 

[Appalachickens]

Hello East Tenn.
Just drove through your beautiful state a month ago up and back to Illinois.
Great to hear you read through the whole thread, hope you found it both interesting and entertaining. Yes I did get approved thankfully.

The county I live in seems to be heavy handed in general and on steroids when they come up with their rules and regulations. Example: Fence set backs are 10 and 15 feet from rear and side fences where as the city of Orlando requires only 5 feet respectively and they have a denser housing population, makes zero sense.

We are a tourist destination and it's all about the money and image. If the House of the Mouse were to suddenly go away things would change drastically here and Government wouldn't care so much.

So I have been procrastinating a bit on my coop build as something just wasn't sitting right with me. Several things bothered me and money for material was also a concern.

I kept researching and researching coop design after design even purchasing one set of plans I thought was to my liking; but didn't like the cost of the full size unit and down sizing was going to be a headache to figure out easily.

While visiting a family member in Illinois I was asked if I was going to build and house my girls in a chicken tractor. Hadn't give it a lot of thought so I initially said no, but got to thinking about them and started more research. I came across several interesting designs till I came across the hoop coop. It had all the simplicity I was looking for, easy to construct, roomy and at a price I liked.

My wife asked me basically the same question when are you going to build the coop and get chickens? This past weekend we took a trip to Tractor supply to look at the cattle fencing I will need to create the body of the coop. (I'm a visual learner)

I came home and found another youtube vide and a hoop coop design that was very clean in design and met me needs, so I am now going through my wood pile getting the material together and just need to figure a way to get 3-4x16 foot wire panels home. I would like to start building this week as its been several months now that I got the OK to have my girls.

I originally commented that it will be anchored and that the tarps would be held down so as not to fluff in high winds, but after talking to members and one mentioned acting like a sail I got to thinking I would be better off not strapping the tarp at least permanently but rather make it easy to remove. If and when we get a hurricane coming through. The coop is just an anchored cage that the wind can blow through easily. Ill just put loose stuff away to keep it from blowing around inside.

Ok that's all I got for the moment time to go do some honey-do's

Stay clucky

The House of Mouse. That's funny. But those regulations aren't so funny. It would make me a little crazy to have my land micromanaged so much. When we were looking for property we ruled out two that we visited immediately, in spite of their beauty - because they had HOA's. We looked at the list of restrictions (including no chickens at one!) and bowed out.

I think that's smart not to have permanently attached tarps if you get heavy winds. I'm sure you're eager to move ahead at this point!