Ideas for breeding pens Please

[Kittymomma]

I should of saved the darn link along with the pictures!

I think the pen was 8'x4' and the coop was 2'x4'. As is it would be good for a trio or maybe quad of LF, though I was planning on building it as a broody house/pen. What I really liked about the original design is how well it seemed to use materials. Not much cutting for the pen part, and I think you can do the 2'x4' coop out of one sheet of siding. The roof is hinged so that you can access the coop.

I don't think they did it in the original, but I'm going to try to put a pull-out pan in the bottom of the coop so I can clean it without hanging upside down. I also plan to staple a 2-3' apron of wire on the bottom to keep the diggers out when I build mine.

ETA: I think the bottom boards of the run are 10' which leaves 8' of length for the run after the 2' offset for the coop. It would be easy to use 12' instead to give 40 square' of run instead of 32 square'.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Mine's not done yet...but when it is, I can house 6 large breeds and four bantam breeds in my coop. I'll need to get some updated pics this weekend...

 

[Luvducks]

That would be great. Thank you.

 

[rockyspringsfarm]

Thanks Kittymomma for the further information on the coop/run combo. Your description is about what I had figured from looking at the pictures. I like your idea on the dropping pan too. I agree that just from looking at the pictures it appears to be a very good use of materials. This seems like a real practical design....especially for bantams......and isn't a complicated design to build. It could be enlarged easily. When I first saw your post I was so busy being impressed with the practicality of the set up in the pictures that I failed to see your statement that you had "saved" the pictures for future use. Thanks again.

 

[alexisrambles]

Hi this is ancient but if anyone else is looking for the original thread for those coops, it's here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/feedstorechicks-mini-coop.48546/