We are so excited to have our new bigger coop and run. We have had chickens for 8 years and the old coop was a great first coop but I was ready for a new garden coop/run.
We had coverted our garden shed into the first coop and now we are remodeling it and actually going to use it for a garden shed for our lawn equipment and supplies, etc.
I had someone else build the new coop/run and then we added some things and finishing touches. I love it and so do my 10 week old girls that are growing up fast.
It is 14 ft long x 5ft wide and 6ft tall with 5 nestboxes.
The coop is plywood and 2x4s with a 3/4 inch plywood floor with linoleum over it. It has great ventilation and two windows.
The coop sits on concrete block toppers several inches thick. Nothing can dig under. The base is gravel for the blocks to sit on and we leveled them.
The run is 2x4 frame with hardware cloth and 1x4 trim all around. I filled the run with all natural top soil as a base and has buried wire all around for predators and heavy rocks around the perimeter on top of the wire for further protection and to anchor the wire.
The roof is metal and sealed so no leaking.
We painted everything with good exterior paint.
Enjoy the tour......ask questions if you have any. Thanks
We had coverted our garden shed into the first coop and now we are remodeling it and actually going to use it for a garden shed for our lawn equipment and supplies, etc.
I had someone else build the new coop/run and then we added some things and finishing touches. I love it and so do my 10 week old girls that are growing up fast.
It is 14 ft long x 5ft wide and 6ft tall with 5 nestboxes.
The coop is plywood and 2x4s with a 3/4 inch plywood floor with linoleum over it. It has great ventilation and two windows.
The coop sits on concrete block toppers several inches thick. Nothing can dig under. The base is gravel for the blocks to sit on and we leveled them.
The run is 2x4 frame with hardware cloth and 1x4 trim all around. I filled the run with all natural top soil as a base and has buried wire all around for predators and heavy rocks around the perimeter on top of the wire for further protection and to anchor the wire.
The roof is metal and sealed so no leaking.
We painted everything with good exterior paint.
Enjoy the tour......ask questions if you have any. Thanks
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