My "A" Frame Chicken Tractor of Shame

[aggie9296]

Some of the best abstract artists were lunatics.

 

[AZBootsie]

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I applaud you for being such a great sport about it!!!

 

[rjlanger2]

Please don't be so hard on yourself. You made the effort. You have the battle scars. As long as you improved a few skills along the way, you accomplished (or will accomplish after you heal) what you set out to do!

I built my coop from scratch, with no plans, only a vision. I probably should have had my eyes checked before I started. Although the coop turned out OK, there were more than a few times I had to ask myself what I was thinking! The run looks pretty shabby, but it's secure. As others have posted, the chickens don't really care.

The best part of all though - - getting that FIRST EGG! That's what makes it ALL worthwhile.

Bob
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5 RIRs, 3 White Leghorns, 1 very mean Lavender Guinea

 

[georgiagail]

Some of the best pictures on this site have been from coops/runs that the builders themselves call "tacky". Do a search under "tacky coops" to review some threads on the tacky coop contest. They're great!

Gail

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

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When I got my rooster, he came from a home with a VERY nice coop. Mine was less than wonderful and when he went up the ramp for the first time, he stopped, looked in and then looked around at me with a look on his face that said, clear as day:

"THIS is where you expect me to live? Really?"

He did get over it after a couple of weeks but I had to remind him several times that his previous owner was willing to give him up for rooster stew.

 

[Echolalia]

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[Echolalia]

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Here you go ....

With a little paint, it'll almost look decent. Almost.

 

[Roccomanchickens]

That's not that bad, really! Way to go, paint will do wonders, you'll see!

 

[duckinnut]

Look at the plus side of it all. The pleasure of self-accomplishment,the gaining of experience(its the journey not the destination), the earning of wisdom(which comes from mistakes and you share those mistakes with others)

 

[spiritdance]

That's not that bad at all! I had visions of something much worse from your description. You may be learning, and you will make mistakes, but you're starting from a good starting line judging from this effort. I bet your chickies end up eventually with an "eggmansion".