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Discussion in 'Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance' started by osukrazykate, Apr 18, 2009.

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  1. Apr 18, 2009 #1
    osukrazykate

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    I am wanting to make a tractor/mobile coop, but I can't decide how exactly I would like it to look. I have thought about one looking like a gypsy wagon (saw a pic of one online), or one that mimics our home, or one that looks like a victorian house. Anybody else have some really unique ideas of how one could look, pics are a plus too if you have any.

    Kate
     
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  4. Apr 18, 2009 #2
    RHewitt

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    Here's mine. It is small but works great as a grow up pen.

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  6. Apr 18, 2009 #3
    Spires6

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    Here's ours. It is easy to move and has held up well in the two worst wind storms that I have ever seen. We use portable electric fence around it. The nest boxes and feeders hang on the wall.
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  8. Apr 18, 2009 #4
    DarkWolf

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    Love the gypsy wagon idea! [​IMG]

    Thinking the utilitarian bow top style, or the more embellished ones?
     
  10. Apr 18, 2009 #5
    osukrazykate

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    Quote:Yeah, I am thinking of one that looks artistic, probably not so bow top that might be too hard to shape the wood for the roof. Something pretty to look at while yet functional.
     
  12. Apr 18, 2009 #6
    Emzyyy

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    LOL it would be cute to make Snoopy's dog house, or just some random item shapped coop like a banana shapped coop!
     
  14. Apr 19, 2009 #7
    English Chick

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    You could paint it Tudor colours Black & White.... or paint it white all over then stencil in growing Ivy over it.... the ideas are endless...good luck!
     

  17. Apr 19, 2009 #8
    willheveland

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    This might be good for about 4 or so.You didn't give a number. Will

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  19. Apr 21, 2009 #9
    osukrazykate

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    So I have a main coop, that is around 8' x 10', that I am fencing in their own yard for this coop next to the garden that will also be fenced in and they will have occasional access to when I want them to work the garden over. However, I have 26 chicks and 12 more on the way. I have them in two different brooders and I am not sure I will have enough room in the main coop that came with our house (we bought this house from hubby parents and coop hasn't been used in years) so I am thinking of adding a second coop that is a tractor coop for overflow or for a separate breed (I have bantams, Ameracauna (sp), & Barred Rock). So I am trying to think of something that is kind of artistic, pretty, moveable, and yet functional.
     
  21. Apr 21, 2009 #10
    Scrambled Egg

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    Quote:Love that furry chicken you have there, lol!!! The coop's not bad either!! [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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