Need help with new coop idea

[DonkeysandDucks]

Hi, everyone! This forum is great! I'm new to chickens and am having a ball. I've had a genius idea

that I can make another coop and run out of an old swingset frame. I've built a small "Coopette" and a chicken tractor (known as the Coop de Ville). I will post pictures of these on my blog: www.redsrealworld.blogspot.com soon. But I've learned that once you get chickens, everything you see becomes a strange idea for a coop. So, I Freecycled the frame, got it and now I have questions.
Anyone out there ever used a swing frame? I'm open to any and all ideas!

Thanks,
Cindy a.k.a. The Queen of Cluck!

 

[speckledhen]

Yep, CoreyNC just did and it turned out great!

 

[Wolfpacker]

Try this link:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=11551

 

[BeckyLa]

Welcome to BYC!!

Here is the link to two wooden swing set coops:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=11551

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9757


I remember someone making one from a metal swing set but I couldn't find the post. I hope these help.

 

[Poison Ivy]

Here is one also by hollyclyff.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9757

 

[BeckyLa]

Looks like we're all on the same track!

 

[WoodlandWoman]

Quote:
That really made me laugh! You got that right!

I used our old patio table with hardware cloth around it as a daytime "chickie gazebo" when they were only 10 days old and the weather was nice. Just this last week, I put a large rubber feed pan from our sheep days underneath the same old patio table, as a covered dust bath. That table is really getting around this year!

Good luck with the swingset!

 

[DonkeysandDucks]

Boy, HollyClyff really did an awesome job on that coop! I have a very clear idea that mine is not going to be that fancy! Like someone said, the chickens won't know.

My problem is that this frame is metal. Anyone worked around a metal frame?

Thanks,
Cindy