Just joined from New York state

[mstarr]

Welcome! This is a great resource for all your poultry questions. I too would love to see a picture of your portable coop.

 

[weimarmama]

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from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

 

[Pharmer Cathy]

Thanks for the kind welcome! I finally can post pics of the mobile coop. Had to hook up old laptop to be able to post here. ipad doesn't allow it. :/

The first is from when we built it a few years ago, before the doors, windows and roof were installed. The inside of the windows are covered with hardware cloth and each has a framed glass window that fits in over top. We put the glass windows on when the weather gets cold in the fall and remove them mid sprint as it warms up. the soffets are also covered with hardware cloth to allow for ventilation, but keeps unwanted critters out. You can see 3 rows of nest boxes through the door. We made a simple inclined roost to fit against the back wall. There is a flap door that we open and close to allow the chickens to move in and out. We cut off the bottom of an old aluminum ladder to make movable steps for us to get into the coop to clean and collect eggs. The door we use is a small area that the chickens cannot access. We store bedding, feed, shovel and egg cartons in there.

Our chickens free range and previously roosted in the barn. But we had weasel problems so we decided to make them a much tighter roosting shelter that we could move from pasture to pasture as we move the other animals. The range within these pastures and roost in the coop at night. In the winter, we park it close to the house and barn for ease of care when the snow is deep or ground is icy.

 

[sumi]

Hello and welcome to BYC

Nice looking coop you got there!