- Jun 28, 2017
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I now have 5 more 10 week pullets and ran out of room in my last Rubbermaid mower shed (nine hens) and - Since the last mower shed worked out so well, I built another - and this one is even better than the first. Love it.
I started out with a $300 KETER Patio Store 4.6 x 2.5 Foot Resin Outdoor Storage Shed with Paintable and Drillable Walls. I added a $9 cat door for a window, 6 2" Round White Polypropylene Plastic Louver with Insect Screen System vents, $10 and a solar, automatic pop door $60 - all from Amazon. Plus a $3 kiln dried stud for the roost bar.
I love that the shed is somewhat insolated, looks like wood, is paintable, drillable and takes screws. It took me about 2.5 hours to put it up (I'm a 75 year old female and I did it alone, using a dead blow hammer to tap things in place and a cinder block to hold the roof down while I screwed in in place). It took another couple of hours to cut holes for the ventilation, the window (cat door) and the pop door.
Half a day and $380 and I have a coop that will hold 5 to 10 chickens. And the very best part is that the two big doors (opposite the pop door) open wide so that I can easily clean the dirty shavings, and even hose it down to get rid of any critters or feather dust if needs be. It's only about 50" high, but it really doesn't need to be higher since I don't have to walk in.
This is for sleeping only - no food, water or nest boxes. They have a 4000 sq ft chicken yard and a covered hoop house with food, water and nest boxes.
I sprinkled the used litter from their tiny dog house sized brooder coop on top of the new litter and tonight I'll wait til after dark and move them from the little coop to the new one. Tomorrow I'll take down the brooder coop.
I started out with a $300 KETER Patio Store 4.6 x 2.5 Foot Resin Outdoor Storage Shed with Paintable and Drillable Walls. I added a $9 cat door for a window, 6 2" Round White Polypropylene Plastic Louver with Insect Screen System vents, $10 and a solar, automatic pop door $60 - all from Amazon. Plus a $3 kiln dried stud for the roost bar.
I love that the shed is somewhat insolated, looks like wood, is paintable, drillable and takes screws. It took me about 2.5 hours to put it up (I'm a 75 year old female and I did it alone, using a dead blow hammer to tap things in place and a cinder block to hold the roof down while I screwed in in place). It took another couple of hours to cut holes for the ventilation, the window (cat door) and the pop door.
Half a day and $380 and I have a coop that will hold 5 to 10 chickens. And the very best part is that the two big doors (opposite the pop door) open wide so that I can easily clean the dirty shavings, and even hose it down to get rid of any critters or feather dust if needs be. It's only about 50" high, but it really doesn't need to be higher since I don't have to walk in.
This is for sleeping only - no food, water or nest boxes. They have a 4000 sq ft chicken yard and a covered hoop house with food, water and nest boxes.
I sprinkled the used litter from their tiny dog house sized brooder coop on top of the new litter and tonight I'll wait til after dark and move them from the little coop to the new one. Tomorrow I'll take down the brooder coop.
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