My New Coop

[teach1rusl]

That's a great coop!

I can't wait to see the paint job!

 

[Airilith]

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We do have a metal latch on the bottom, with a snap clip on it for racoons (as I figure they would try to pry from the bottom). But honestly those wooden twist latches are really hard to open. I figure if I have problems with them so will Rocky. Haha!

 

[humm-n-cluck ranch]

Well done!! Every time i see one all completed I want to leave work and go home and work on my WIP

lol, Thank you so much for sharing!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

It looks like your roost is very high? Just make sure it's not up too high and that it's not in the direct path of any wind that will be coming in through your vents...otherwise, I really like your design!

 

[Airilith]

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Is 4 feet too high? They've all been getting up there. My little silkies are quite brilliant. They use the pallet boards as a step to get up there. I can lower it though.

When we cut the vent doors for the side vents we are going to make two doors for each side. That way we can control how much air is moving over the roost. Right now the plastic is working great to keep the roost breeze free.

 

[Airilith]

And now with a coat of primer and my favorite chicken watching chair

 

[nanawendy]

I love it. My DH would

you because you made it tall enough not to bonk your head.( Woops, sorry dear... best laid plans...) You did a great job

 

[Intheswamp]

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We do have a metal latch on the bottom, with a snap clip on it for racoons (as I figure they would try to pry from the bottom). But honestly those wooden twist latches are really hard to open. I figure if I have problems with them so will Rocky. Haha!

The bottom latch sounds like a winner to me...ya'll did a great job on the coop!

I hope you don't mind, but I guess I have a critical eye.

Having said that, you might want to check the the angle that you tilt the vent covers out. Looking at the position of the front vent cover, if it were to rain while in that position it looks like it would catch and direct the rain into the coop. ???

Ed

 

[Airilith]

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I appreciate you pointing things out! That's why I posted

We close the vent doors when it rains. We generally get high winds when it rains here. So even with a good angle on the vent doors I'm afraid too much water would get in. So we just shut them when we know it's going to rain.

And with the low density (I'm running 16 sq ft in the coop for now) having the vent doors closed for a while has caused no problems. Though for the side doors we haven't decided how to keep them open. So I'll keep in mind that it would be nice to have the vent doors stop the rain from going in while open. I really like that idea. Maybe I could put them on pulleys so I could adjust them easily.

 

[gibsonbuzz]

Great job. Lots of ventilation