MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Sunday breakfast.

 

[RoyalChick]

The little steps were a bookshelf for years that became a platform for a rainwater tank for years, that was given to me, but I didn't have a use for the platform, so it became a white elephant and in the "likely firewood" pile, to being spotted as a potential step up to the sawhorses. Janet uses it. Everyone else prefers not to.

Very practical up cycling.

 

[MaryJanet]

Very practical up cycling.

It's always better to use what you've already got if you can. I'd have found something else for the purpose if not the ex-bookshelf.

 

[MaryJanet]

Does that stay open? What do you do if the rain blows in from this direction?

Here you go Loz, this snap shows the front of the coop with the door closed and a bit of the woodshed on the right hand side.

The roosts are in the partially enclosed section. Importantly for Adelaide, it cools down well on summer evenings.

 

[LozzyR]

Here you go Loz, this snap shows the front of the coop with the door closed and a bit of the woodshed on the right hand side.

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The roosts are in the partially enclosed section. Importantly for Adelaide, it cools down well on summer evenings.

Do you ever get driving rain blowing in from the door end? I'm justing thinking of my girls' run; even though it's got a roof over it and a fence on one side, when we had the massive rains, it was coming in from all sides and the girls barely had any dry dirt. I'm just wondering how your girls go at bedtime and the wind and rain is blowing a gale.

 

[MaryJanet]

Do you ever get driving rain blowing in from the door end? I'm justing thinking of my girls' run; even though it's got a roof over it and a fence on one side, when we had the massive rains, it was coming in from all sides and the girls barely had any dry dirt. I'm just wondering how your girls go at bedtime and the wind and rain is blowing a gale.

The rain has blown in the front only once and it came in about 10cm, whereas the hens are around 2 metres back from the front. Also, the weather patterns on the peninsula are quite specific.

Put it this way, the hens have never been wet in that coop.

In the run, it's daytime and up to them to take shelter when the rain starts. They're usually pretty good about getting under the tables or into the little coop.

Here are some better photos of the coop on the manufacturer's website https://www.royalrooster.com.au/chicken-palace.html

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[MaryJanet]

Blossom thinks it's too early to start work.

 

[Shadrach]

The rain has blown in the front only once and it came in about 10cm, whereas the hens are around 2 metres back from the front. Also, the weather patterns on the peninsula are quite specific.

Put it this way, the hens have never been wet in that coop.

In the run, it's daytime and up to them to take shelter when the rain starts. They're usually pretty good about getting under the tables or into the little coop.

Here are some better photos of the coop on the manufacturer's website https://www.royalrooster.com.au/chicken-palace.html

Interesting coop.

 

[MaryJanet]

Interesting coop.

I wouldn't recommend it for every location, but it's good for where I live.