New coop build for new chicks

[linguini]

And except for covering the run in plastic i am going to call this done for the year.

Nice coop and run !

We've tried different clear plastic sheetings to cover the run for winter, and found that marine vinyl works out the best. A little more expensive but strong and can be reused. We use paint stirring sticks as long staples to hold the sheeting to the wood frame, and leave 1-2 ft on top open for ventilation in the winter. In very windy/cold days, we cover the top with shade cloth to reduce the draft and still allow air flow.

As for the waterer, we keep it in the covered run, with a heat plate. And like what @aart does, we wrap the waterer with insulation and cover it with a feed bag so they can't peck!

 

[Nodakj]

Had same problem here, covered with part of a feed bag.

This was what i was picturing lol

 

[aart]

This was what i was picturing lol

Ha! Yeah, that wouldn't do much to help keep them from eating bubble wrap insulating a waterer, eh?

 

[Nodakj]

I guess this coop will never really be done

 

[Nodakj]

Had to put a couple of flat screen TV's so the girls could watch the vikings take it to the super bowl !

 

[Ted Brown]

I guess this coop will never really be done View attachment 3370667

Is that not the nature of coops/runs?

 

[Nodakj]

Is that not the nature of coops/runs?

So i am finding out !