Fur-N-Fowl
Fluffy Dinosaur Breeder
Hello everyone I'm making yet another thread 
So, as many of you know I'm well and truly into keeping and breeding show Silkies. However, before I can fully commit to the breeding side of it, I need a coop for them.
By this I mean a coop for my Silkies only so that I know my other rooster isn't cross breeding with them.
I've had a look through the articles on coops and yes some are helpful but many of them are cemented or permanently fixed to the ground. That's no good for me unfortunately.
Likewise, I won't need the super extensive predator proofing like what most of the posters from the USA do. In the UK we do have predators but it's by no means as many as over the sea! Plus, my coop will be placed inside an already fecnced off area.
I am lucky enough to have someone in line to make me a coop on request. They can make 'anything' apparently.
Maybe a castle shaped coop...after all they are my little princess chickens
Seriously though, anything can be made with high quality wood and it will have time and effort put into it!
Here's what my coop will need:
• Be able to house roughly 6 bantam Silkie chickens (1 Cockerel and 5 Hens).
• MUST be able to be lifted and moved across ground without having to dismantle it.
• MUST be at least 2 meters in height. I own Goats and they will jump on anything and they destroy it given the chance. My goats can't jump over 2 meters.
• Easily accessible in both the nest boxes, coop and run. Being able to get into the run myself would be easier for when I'm taking a certain bird out and changing waters etc. Crouching down isn't ideal.
• It needs doors on both the nest boxes, coop and run as well as the usual ventilation.
• It will EVENTUALLY have to fit into a back yard of some sort. I won't be living with my family forever and when I leave, my chickens have to come with me. I doubt I will have the luxury of the land we currently have when I eventually buy my own home. It will most likely be a backyard and surrounded by others gardens. It can't be higher than 6ft for this reason and it will have to be a 'stocky' sort of size.
Of course, to be able to lift this (2 persons) it has to be a pretty compact and sturdy coop and run. Anything with a super tall roof and long flimsy run just won't work and will probably end up being tipped over or twisted.
This coop and run will be placed on bark mulch under the cover of some trees in woodland. However, in winter the ground can get pretty gross hence why it needs to be movable.
Please note that my chickens will not be in this coop and run 24/7. They will have days out of the run free-ranging. However, on a night they will be locked into the coop area all together until it's morning.
The darkness and enclosed area is needed to quiet down my Cockerel until it's day time. My neighbors don't appreciate him at 2am, I can understand that.
Here are some of the coops I've seen in the articles that seem half decent for what I'm needing. However, there is probably some I've missed, let me know what you guys think/can suggest:
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-missouri-mansion.65995/So, as many of you know I'm well and truly into keeping and breeding show Silkies. However, before I can fully commit to the breeding side of it, I need a coop for them.
By this I mean a coop for my Silkies only so that I know my other rooster isn't cross breeding with them.
I've had a look through the articles on coops and yes some are helpful but many of them are cemented or permanently fixed to the ground. That's no good for me unfortunately.
Likewise, I won't need the super extensive predator proofing like what most of the posters from the USA do. In the UK we do have predators but it's by no means as many as over the sea! Plus, my coop will be placed inside an already fecnced off area.
I am lucky enough to have someone in line to make me a coop on request. They can make 'anything' apparently.
Maybe a castle shaped coop...after all they are my little princess chickens
Seriously though, anything can be made with high quality wood and it will have time and effort put into it!
Here's what my coop will need:
• Be able to house roughly 6 bantam Silkie chickens (1 Cockerel and 5 Hens).
• MUST be able to be lifted and moved across ground without having to dismantle it.
• MUST be at least 2 meters in height. I own Goats and they will jump on anything and they destroy it given the chance. My goats can't jump over 2 meters.
• Easily accessible in both the nest boxes, coop and run. Being able to get into the run myself would be easier for when I'm taking a certain bird out and changing waters etc. Crouching down isn't ideal.
• It needs doors on both the nest boxes, coop and run as well as the usual ventilation.
• It will EVENTUALLY have to fit into a back yard of some sort. I won't be living with my family forever and when I leave, my chickens have to come with me. I doubt I will have the luxury of the land we currently have when I eventually buy my own home. It will most likely be a backyard and surrounded by others gardens. It can't be higher than 6ft for this reason and it will have to be a 'stocky' sort of size.
Of course, to be able to lift this (2 persons) it has to be a pretty compact and sturdy coop and run. Anything with a super tall roof and long flimsy run just won't work and will probably end up being tipped over or twisted.
This coop and run will be placed on bark mulch under the cover of some trees in woodland. However, in winter the ground can get pretty gross hence why it needs to be movable.
Please note that my chickens will not be in this coop and run 24/7. They will have days out of the run free-ranging. However, on a night they will be locked into the coop area all together until it's morning.
The darkness and enclosed area is needed to quiet down my Cockerel until it's day time. My neighbors don't appreciate him at 2am, I can understand that.
Here are some of the coops I've seen in the articles that seem half decent for what I'm needing. However, there is probably some I've missed, let me know what you guys think/can suggest:
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/la-cage-mahal-chicken-coop.47745/
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-coop-de-coop.65349/
Thankyou everyone, I hope some of you guys can help!
