Hello, all, thought I'd post my "Part Two" to my new chicken coop. My original post is here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/674584/look-what-i-got
but I hadn't had the time to plan and do the second part - specifically, the "auxiliary" set up. After three years and lots of reading posts here, I had made a lot of mistakes regarding storage and just ease of having things handy. So, with my new chicken coop in place, I was inspired (ok, maybe forced is the better word) to spiffy up the exterior and make it much more handy and useful at the same time. So, on the east side of my new coop, this is what I did:
and to hopefully show how it ties together (to the right is the door to new chicken coop):
I lucked out on the pallets, a neighbor had a bunch of sod delivered, nobody wanted them, so I grabbed a bunch, and the pavers were on sale at my local hardware store. And in case anybody wonders, I like wood shavings for the hen house in the summer, but I use straw in the winter, I like that it seems to help keep the girls warm.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/674584/look-what-i-got
but I hadn't had the time to plan and do the second part - specifically, the "auxiliary" set up. After three years and lots of reading posts here, I had made a lot of mistakes regarding storage and just ease of having things handy. So, with my new chicken coop in place, I was inspired (ok, maybe forced is the better word) to spiffy up the exterior and make it much more handy and useful at the same time. So, on the east side of my new coop, this is what I did:
and to hopefully show how it ties together (to the right is the door to new chicken coop):
I lucked out on the pallets, a neighbor had a bunch of sod delivered, nobody wanted them, so I grabbed a bunch, and the pavers were on sale at my local hardware store. And in case anybody wonders, I like wood shavings for the hen house in the summer, but I use straw in the winter, I like that it seems to help keep the girls warm.
