I'm so thrilled!
My coop's too small to house all my birds (and the flocks need to be segrated for age and roos), I've been keeping the youngsters in small condos in the garage and hauling them out every day to a portable pen - obviously that's not feasible anymore, way too much work and inadequate facilities... and I've no way to add space to my existing coop so I had to either find something pre-built or build something myself.
Since we're moving I was hoping to find something we could bring along with us since we'd be investing in it anyways.
I found this on the local ads for $200!
It's about 6 feet wide by 8.5 feet long, with 3 functional windows and a door, it's on skids with the floor that opens up in a corner for easy sweeping (it's for ice fishing actually).
Ventilation for the summer should be adequate with the windows, I will proof it with hardware cloth for predators and build a pop door on the side where the outside run will be. Inside I'll build nesting boxes and roosts and then it just needs a coat of paint and voilà!
The guy is delivering it to me for an extra $50 as I have no way of transporting it, but still it's a good deal since it would cost me that much in materials in the first place.
My coop's too small to house all my birds (and the flocks need to be segrated for age and roos), I've been keeping the youngsters in small condos in the garage and hauling them out every day to a portable pen - obviously that's not feasible anymore, way too much work and inadequate facilities... and I've no way to add space to my existing coop so I had to either find something pre-built or build something myself.
Since we're moving I was hoping to find something we could bring along with us since we'd be investing in it anyways.
I found this on the local ads for $200!
It's about 6 feet wide by 8.5 feet long, with 3 functional windows and a door, it's on skids with the floor that opens up in a corner for easy sweeping (it's for ice fishing actually).
Ventilation for the summer should be adequate with the windows, I will proof it with hardware cloth for predators and build a pop door on the side where the outside run will be. Inside I'll build nesting boxes and roosts and then it just needs a coat of paint and voilà!
The guy is delivering it to me for an extra $50 as I have no way of transporting it, but still it's a good deal since it would cost me that much in materials in the first place.
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