My Favorite Chicken House Ever!

[orloffer]

Welcome to BYC, VeeLee! There is so much to see, do, and learn here! That is one amazing chicken coop!

 

[CaptainPoulet]

Great setup! I love how much thought you put into both the chickens needs and your own for the purpose of cleaning, collecting eggs, etc. Awesome.

 

[Outta Here]

Original post about my indoor/outdoor-on-the-shop-wall-chicken house here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-favorite-chicken-house-ever.1468454/
NEW: I just added a ventilation window screened with 1/4 wire mesh. In the scorching Arizona afternoons, the chickens choose to leave a shady lawn to nap in the cooled air of the swamp cooler aimed at their window.

My new Hessaire MC18 will drop the temperature 10-15 degrees (these swamp coolers only work in very dry climates) and only costs $.04 an hour to run. I have it far enough away not to ruffle feathers too much but still cool.

This picture shows the cross ventilation through their door to the outside coop.

 

[Outta Here]

Great setup! I love how much thought you put into both the chickens needs and your own for the purpose of cleaning, collecting eggs, etc. Awesome.

Thanks! When I lift the lid in the morning several extra friendly chicks fly from the roost to the waist-high wall for a pet!

 

[chickentrains]

Hi! Welcome to BYC! I hope you love it here!

 

[Outta Here]

Original post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-favorite-chicken-house-ever.1468454/
Thanks all! Here are some pictures of how I can reach into my narrow inside coop to pet each chicken every morning on the roost.....

and how they hop to the waist-high wall for extra petting....

Even supposedly shy leghorns come closer for pets!

 

[Outta Here]

Great example of building something to suit your architecture and available space! I thought my shop was pretty posh with a sink with hot and cold running water. You have a toilet!

I'm responding very late--didn't see your post until now. That bathroom was a wreck of a place before we did some measuring and figured we could spruce it up and even install a 32" freestanding shower stall. Comes in handy for overflow of week-long houseful of extended family!

 

[Outta Here]

Great example of building something to suit your architecture and available space! I thought my shop was pretty posh with a sink with hot and cold running water. You have a toilet!

I'm responding very late--didn't see your post until now. Thanks! That bathroom was a typical wreck of a shop toilet area before we did some measuring and figured we could spruce it up and even install a 32" freestanding shower stall and black utility tub. Great for proximity to the chicken coop, and comes in handy for overflow of week-long houseful of extended family!
The only downside of a roosting room only 31" wide (didn't want to move the bathroom door over) is that the chickens have to roost lower. There isn't enough room for them to fly to a higher roost, not being helicopters.

 

[Chuckie chicken]

I remembered your bathroom, but I went back and looked again anyway, just because I thinks its cool, lol!

 

[cmom]

Nice setup. Good luck and have fun...