Intervention

[saddina]

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That's like asking how many husbands I needed to get it right... you don't know at the time....

(so far it's 3, but I've decided anything happens to this one, that's it!, it's living in sin!)

LOL I was about to say "3 coops or husbands?" until I read the 'sin' part- And then I realized you must be talking about the money it costs to build a chicken coop!!!!

XD

Sorry, it's "Mr Saddi the 3rd", I decided i'm not having a 4th husband (not phylis diller here)

 

[Mahonri]

My wife says chickens have taken over the backyard.

Unfortunately, she is correct.

I REALLY do need an intervention.

But how can you not love the results?

 

[Goose and Fig]

I wonder how many coops a person has to build before they get it 'right?'.......

I'm on #6. I'll let ya know if I EVER get it right.

Nice eggs Mahonri!

Makes us want to ...get....more....chickens!​

 

[HollyKMS]

Saddina- I know you meant 3 husbands- I was joking!!

LOL @ Phyllis Diller. Hey- you could have as many as six and still be behind Liz Taylor!

OMG Mahonri- GORGEOUS!!

Alas, I'll never have that.

I don't have an Ameraucana. Couldn't find any around here when I was looking....

 

[wombat]

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Yeah, that's me.

I looked at getting a shed kit from the hardware store, and modifying that. I decided that the materials were too shoddy. I set out to build a small chicken coop from scratch.

I built it near the run, but where I could conveniently walk around it while building it. Figured I'd move it over about 10 feet when it was finished.

Well, I'm an engineer ... so I used 4x4s (might want to park on top of it someday), cement fiber siding (50 year warranty, won't be replacing rotting plywood walls in my lifetime), a gable roof (want to be able to handle that snow load here in Maryland where it snows maybe twice a year or so, wanted soffit vents, too lazy to go all out with a hip roof though). End result? It cost double, and it's too heavy to lift with a bloody tractor.

I ended up using a log as a fulcrum and a 4x4 and jacking one corner at a time. Takes a while to move a two ton chicken coop 10' by hand, 6" at a time.

Oh, and of course this thing looks nothing like the cute coops people post here all the time, built by talented carpenters. I looks like it was built by an aestetically-challenged engineer.

 

[saddina]

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Yeah, that's me.

I looked at getting a shed kit from the hardware store, and modifying that. I decided that the materials were too shoddy. I set out to build a small chicken coop from scratch.

I built it near the run, but where I could conveniently walk around it while building it. Figured I'd move it over about 10 feet when it was finished.

Well, I'm an engineer ... so I used 4x4s (might want to park on top of it someday), cement fiber siding (50 year warranty, won't be replacing rotting plywood walls in my lifetime), a gable roof (want to be able to handle that snow load here in Maryland where it snows maybe twice a year or so, wanted soffit vents, too lazy to go all out with a hip roof though). End result? It cost double, and it's too heavy to lift with a bloody tractor.

I ended up using a log as a fulcrum and a 4x4 and jacking one corner at a time. Takes a while to move a two ton chicken coop 10' by hand, 6" at a time.

Oh, and of course this thing looks nothing like the cute coops people post here all the time, built by talented carpenters. I looks like it was built by an aestetically-challenged engineer.

It's ok wombat, the first step in overcomming over-engineering is admitting you've had a problem.

Uhhhh why not just extend the run the 10 ft differance instead of moving it?

 

[HollyKMS]

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Um... Is it OK to laugh at that? Because I'm about to lose it

(SORRY Wombat! That's kinda funny- My bad!)

Just curious- what were you thinking using 4x4s? They're chickens not African elephants!

It's so sweet that you wanted such a great home for your chickens tho!

Could you post a photo of your Chicken Palace, anyway? I'd love to see it! How many chickens does it house? How many could it house?

WOW- 4x4s & cement fiber siding... I bet that thing could survive unscathed through 2 Katrinas, a 9.7-Richter earthquake, direct lava-flow, and the Rapture!

 

[wombat]

Oh, I'd be embarrased to post pictures of it. It's a silly looking thing, and my wife painted it yellow.

In my defense, I did only use the 4x4s on the corners. Um, and one in the center of each wall. The rest is merely 2x4s. Every 18". With R13 insullation between the walls.

I didn't extend the run because I wanted the coop where I ended up putting it. It gets the shade from a small maple tree in the summer, and in the winter, the leaves are off the maple tree, so it gets sun. I built it over a bit, under a bigger tree ... hey, it was hot out, I wanted to work in the shade.

It's not very big, I only wanted room for about eight to ten chickens. Someday I'll build a larger run and coop, and this one might get used for breeding if I get more chicken crazy.

If it were ever hit by a car, though, I think the car would lose.

 

[wombat]

Um... Is it OK to laugh at that? Because I'm about to lose it (SORRY Wombat! That's kinda funny- My bad!)

That's ok, I was probably exagerating a bit to make it more humorous. The dang thing probably doesn't weigh an ounce over 1.5 tons.​

 

[HollyKMS]

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Hey, that's less than half the weight of my Excursion!

*pshaw* That's practically a chicken tote!

LOL @ 2x4s every 18"?! LOL!!

..uh, I mean, HEY- That sounds really sturdy..!

OK people. I'm about to load the toddler and go to Home Depot.

MAKE ME STOP PLEASE before I come home with lumber & screws.

MAKE

ME

STOP

............I beg of you.............

(voice in my head: "resistance is futile")