Let's show off our CHICKEN COOPS!!!!

[roxyblue]

hello everyone!
So I'm just curiose to see what other people's coops look like. I'll take some pictures of mine and post them when I get a chance.....but first I would like to see yours! Please include the number of chickens that it houses and the best and worst features of it.

-thanks everyone!

 

[mrpekinduck]

I'll post some pics of my duck coop tomorrow sorry I just dont have any right now and its dark out.

 

[happyhensny]

Here is ours. 12 x 24 with a 12 ft "lean-to" roof over part of the run. 4 separate pens inside and out. Runs are each 6 x 26.

Front view

People door

Inside aisle and 4 screen doors

Back of runs (sorry it was a sunny day)

 

[roxyblue]

Nice coop! sort of looks like a barn.

 

[mrpekinduck]

How many hens do you keep in there? Its HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[roxyblue]

here is mine! I have four chickens, this is how the coop works......
The chickens get to free range all day when I am home, all around my yard and the yard next to us. When I am NOT home they are allowed into their big run and their small run through a small door that I leave open during the day. Inside the small run they have their heated waterer, layer pellets, and a few treats. In their big run is where the scratch, and most of the treats go. This encourages them to use both runs. At night I lock them into their small run. (very secure) Right now they spend all day in their runs useing their covered run for protection, they only go into their hen house when they need to lay eggs or go to roost.
Small run is 4 by 8 ft
and big run is around 140 square ft

 

[happyhensny]

Quote:
Hmmm... I need to think, um.

Pen 1 = Australorps 9 hens 1 roo

Pen 2 = Chanteclers 9 H 1R AND D'Uccles 6H 1R

Pen 3 = Misc random hens 16

Pen 4 = 1 pair India Blue Peafowl, 1 pair Red Golden Pheasant and 1 male Tragopan

4 x 8 "duck" coop has 1 pair each of : Mandarin, Wood, Pintail and East Indie ducks

Roxyblue - your set up is so close to my 1st coop, then chicken math took over.

 

[roxyblue]

Wow, thats a lot of birds, your lucky you have the space for all of them

Yes, slowly I have been making attachments so that we can fit just one more hen in the coop. Grrr....boy do I need to move, I'm totally addicted!

 

[Kokamo]

The run is about 10 feet wide, 8 foot long and around 7 feet tall. It backs up to the actual coop with a sliding door (rope/pulley setup). The coop is 10 foot wide by about 5 feet long with nesting boxes and roosting perches. I have 10 total. They seem to like it......

 

[roxyblue]

Awe! your chicks are so cute! I love your coop. You have some lucky girls