My new coop from a old school bus

[foxinachickenhouse]

wow, i hope they have their seat belts fastened.

 

[annie3001]

what an awesome idea!! great light inside their too!

 

[rider357]

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I think the amount of light inside makes a real difference. I'm getting about about 30% more eggs since I moved the birds into the bus. They seem to be more relaxed too.

 

[annie3001]

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I think the amount of light inside makes a real difference. I'm getting about about 30% more eggs since I moved the birds into the bus. They seem to be more relaxed too.

they have such great all around views, some chickens never see that in their lifetime!

 

[cabincrazyone]

I think it makes a great coop. I agree with you in that the bus looked fine standing alone. Here's my opinion ... it's free and worth about the same. (Please don't be offended.) I have always used everything I have to the fullest extent of its value or usefulness. My wife doesn't have vision the same as mine. (That's OK, too.) I'm not putting her down, nor am I indirectly putting your wife down.
I see that rather large amount of rough lumber and consider it wasted. I could have two sheds with the materials you're using to make one. I don't like the look of junk cars laying around the yard anymore than anyone else. That's why I would have bought some black paint and some yellow paint and made the bus look like (almost) new.
The inside of the bus is impressively large. Lots of room. I like the way you arranged the nests and roosts. I get a kick out of the drivers seat and steering wheel being there. That rooster looks like he wants to drive. So does you dog.

I like it!!!!!!

 

[M To The Maxx]

 

[calista]

What an exceptionally well-done retrofit of a "junked" bus! Since you are cladding the exterior and building with recycled and free materials, it makes perfect aesthetic sense to me to cover the exterior as nicely as you have done -- an eyesore turned into a thing of beauty and utility! Like your wife, I would not have been happy with a bus as a chicken coop without extensive "remodeling."

Lucky flock to live there and kudos on what you accomplished.

 

[HEChicken]

Awww I wish I could see it. The link takes me to some kind of sign in page.

 

[theoldchick]

Truly inspiring! Well done!

 

[purelypoultry]

Very clever! i like the use of recycled materials. it's creative and functional!!