- Oct 2, 2012
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Hey guys & gals, my wife & I decided that we wanted to get some chickens (well, I decided, and had to promise her the kitten she & our lil girl have wanted for a while to get her on board...). We're planning to go get 4 Red Stars in the next day or two...
So, we started building our coop. It's pretty small, but having had chickens before, I'm fairly sure it'll be sufficient. So far, the total cost of this build has been $4 for a box of screws, $2.37 for some hinges, and $3.50 for a couple of 8' 2x2s; everything else was found on the side of the road.
Here is our pile-o-loot before construction:
And here's my super-specific-absolutely-to-scale blueprint of what I had in mind...
We have a picket fence around our little backyard area, so I wanted the nesting boxes to overhang into the fenced area for easy collection. Also, the two main front-to-rear supports are notched and resting on top of the top fence runner. This allows us to pick up the entire assembly and move it to another fence panel when the grass underneath thins out or gets too messy, etc.
This is a rental house, so this coop was designed with portability & cleanliness in mind regarding the landlord's property...
So, we started building our coop. It's pretty small, but having had chickens before, I'm fairly sure it'll be sufficient. So far, the total cost of this build has been $4 for a box of screws, $2.37 for some hinges, and $3.50 for a couple of 8' 2x2s; everything else was found on the side of the road.
Here is our pile-o-loot before construction:
And here's my super-specific-absolutely-to-scale blueprint of what I had in mind...
We have a picket fence around our little backyard area, so I wanted the nesting boxes to overhang into the fenced area for easy collection. Also, the two main front-to-rear supports are notched and resting on top of the top fence runner. This allows us to pick up the entire assembly and move it to another fence panel when the grass underneath thins out or gets too messy, etc.
This is a rental house, so this coop was designed with portability & cleanliness in mind regarding the landlord's property...