Ok, so here's the 'new plan'.
I already had the big dog house. It's 4' x 4' and still sturdy and dry inside.
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I also already had the camper shell - which is from a full size pickup... soooo 8' long??
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I recently was gifted with several rolls of used wire (3"x2" spaces), about 1/2 of a roll of the same wire brand new, and 20 landscaping timbers. CHICKEN LOOT SCORE!
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I also have this HUGE roll of rubber matting. Actually, it's a conveyer belt from a gravel quary... It's easy to cut but tough stuff - not sure what I can use it for but pieces of it have been great as stall mats.
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NOW... just need to make a plan to put it all together into a small coop, with an 8'covered run.
Here's the site (I hope). It's inside the fenced in yard, so the dogs will be a deterant to daytime predators. It's near enough to the house that I can run a cord for lights, elect. fence, etc. and a hose. It's next to the summer garden site. It is, unfortunately, shaded on the east and south sides.... and open on the north and west...... but I think those will be easy enough to 'fix'.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/104028_dscf0675.jpg
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I already had the big dog house. It's 4' x 4' and still sturdy and dry inside.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/104028_dscf0672.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/104028_dscf0673.jpg
I also already had the camper shell - which is from a full size pickup... soooo 8' long??
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/104028_dscf0670.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/104028_dscf0671.jpg
I recently was gifted with several rolls of used wire (3"x2" spaces), about 1/2 of a roll of the same wire brand new, and 20 landscaping timbers. CHICKEN LOOT SCORE!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/104028_dscf0674.jpg
I also have this HUGE roll of rubber matting. Actually, it's a conveyer belt from a gravel quary... It's easy to cut but tough stuff - not sure what I can use it for but pieces of it have been great as stall mats.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/104028_dscf0669.jpg
NOW... just need to make a plan to put it all together into a small coop, with an 8'covered run.
Here's the site (I hope). It's inside the fenced in yard, so the dogs will be a deterant to daytime predators. It's near enough to the house that I can run a cord for lights, elect. fence, etc. and a hose. It's next to the summer garden site. It is, unfortunately, shaded on the east and south sides.... and open on the north and west...... but I think those will be easy enough to 'fix'.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/104028_dscf0675.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/104028_dscf0675_diagram.jpg