My Coop Progress Photos ( pic heavy) (update finally finished the run)

[Carolina Chicken Man]

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Thanks.

We live in the county so we don't have restrictions, unless our subdivision has restrictions. I wasn't worried about that because there is no homeowners association to enforce restrictions and the developer is kind of broke. I was suprised that Raleigh, NC ( about 500,000 people) which we are close to, allows up to six hens in town. The newspaper is sponsoring a tour of in town chicken coops in May. I'm going to go and take some pictures and post.

 

[Omeletta]

That sounds like so much fun! Chicken people are a unique breed of person! About the rain runoff into the run area, what about laying wood shavings down? I do that in my run, because it tends to be a wet area in my yard. It keeps it dry, and when it gets too poopy, I either put another layer on, or I rake it up for my compost. I don't find it very expensive, either. Keeps their feet from the wet and the mud, and in my opinion the run looks neater. Just an idea...

I think it looks great! I bet your birds are happy!

Tanya

 

[tmk]

When I make mine, I want to slope the roof to one side and put a gutter of some sort --something simple so that rain can be collected to one end and put a bucket under it.
I will have a small vegetable garden right next to the chicken run, I can use the rain water collected in the bucket for it.

You have good size openings (two I can see) on the coop that will help the birds to stay comfortable during hot season.
Good air circulation is another thing I'm still wondering with, since we have such a sticky summer season here.

 

[Carolina Chicken Man]

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I plan on doing exactly that. I had that wooded are thinned last year and the contractor brought one of those big grinders, and I have about 4 dump truck loads of pine mulch. As a matter of fact, I raked it around and let it dry out real good and that's what I put in the coop.

 

[Carolina Chicken Man]

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Mine does slope about 1" over 10' but it is into the run area. I had thought that if it became a problem, I could run a gutter across and a downspout to channel the water away.

 

[Carolina Chicken Man]

Ok, finally got the run finished.

Advice to newbies, don't get chicks until you have a place ready. Will probably save you money and headaches.

 

[Omeletta]

That looks GREAT! I love the pic of the little sweetie doing the happy chicken dance! You must be so excited!

Tanya

 

[Carolina Chicken Man]

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I'm happy, but tired of working on it!!!
I felt a lot of pressure because I bought the chicks at 3 weeks old. I got the coop done to get them out of my garage. Then I felt pressure, because it started to get hot as they were getting bigger. I needed some outdoor space.

Overall, I think it turned out well.

Carolina Chicken Girl really loves the chickens. She loves to feed them grapes.

 

[Omeletta]

Chickens are so much fun to watch when they are eating grapes! Like tackle football on a short scale! Lol, sounds like you guys are having a bunch of fun with your birds...now the wait for the elusive first egg!

Tanya

 

[nccountrygirl]

It looks great. I do have one suggestion, Please put hardware cloth down at the bottom so nothing can stick it's hand in there to get one of your babies.