adkhunter1590
Chirping
Hello everyone. I just wanted to share some pics of a new mobile pasture coop I’m working on that will house the 100 new chicks we have growing in our living room at the moment! Lol. Winter has really dragged itself out this year here in upstate NY so it’s been too cold to have the chicks in the garage or our stationary coop outside next to the house.
I’ve been eyeballing mobile pasture coops since last summer and finally decided this was the year we would dive in and make it happen. I got some help from my neighbor who’s a full time farmer on finding a good set of wagon running gear and went to work on fully rehabbing it.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FgrzcHtIv0u7ZoIp1
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Cw7odxbjoIu4mZHu2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7uoglxqzoirst5Ut1
After sanding the running gear down and giving it a fresh coat of paint along with the wheels we put on new pressure treated 4x6-16 ft boards to be the main frame rails. Topped those off with pressure treated 4x4s. O and all 4 wheels got some new used tires since the ones that came on it weren’t much good.
All other lumber for this build is going to be rough cut pine or hemlock. I like working with true dimensional lumber, much easier and it’s much stronger. Probably overkill for a chicken coop but I wanted it to be sturdy for a long time. My neighbor had a 4by8ft panel of heavy gauge expanded metal that we centered in the middle of the floor in order to let droppings fall through to fertilize our fields. A daily sweep with a broom around the edges should keep the inside pretty clean. The added ventilation is another bonus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZVqD4GrgW1Iq0AFu2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oyClQ71sjTb7W9VI2
Here’s the first wall going up. This side is 6 ft tall and the other side will be 7ft. The 7ft wall will have 2 windows and a full size steel exterior door that was recycled from a home remodel project.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PzYRXKXkfa4a3ibd2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RHGVriwnSVSmy1ST2
That’s as far as we’ve gotten so far. I have to pick up more lumber this weekend to finish the end walls and roof framing. I work full time so I’m picking away at this thing whenever I get a spare few hours. The siding will be board and batten rough cut as well. Lowe’s has cheap single pane single hung windows meant for pole barns and such that I’ll pick up next week hopefully. O and the most exciting part will be the solar powered automatic chicken door that will be installed as well! Also planning on building a small deck off the back to hold a 55gal barrel to feed a pvc water nipple system that will run underneath the coop. I’m trying to make this coop extremely easy to maintain our flock as we lead pretty busy lives. I’ll update this as work progresses but I couldn’t contain my excitement any longer and had to show somebody! Haha.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5cFavnUvr4Uuljg23
I’ve been eyeballing mobile pasture coops since last summer and finally decided this was the year we would dive in and make it happen. I got some help from my neighbor who’s a full time farmer on finding a good set of wagon running gear and went to work on fully rehabbing it.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FgrzcHtIv0u7ZoIp1
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Cw7odxbjoIu4mZHu2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7uoglxqzoirst5Ut1
After sanding the running gear down and giving it a fresh coat of paint along with the wheels we put on new pressure treated 4x6-16 ft boards to be the main frame rails. Topped those off with pressure treated 4x4s. O and all 4 wheels got some new used tires since the ones that came on it weren’t much good.
All other lumber for this build is going to be rough cut pine or hemlock. I like working with true dimensional lumber, much easier and it’s much stronger. Probably overkill for a chicken coop but I wanted it to be sturdy for a long time. My neighbor had a 4by8ft panel of heavy gauge expanded metal that we centered in the middle of the floor in order to let droppings fall through to fertilize our fields. A daily sweep with a broom around the edges should keep the inside pretty clean. The added ventilation is another bonus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZVqD4GrgW1Iq0AFu2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oyClQ71sjTb7W9VI2
Here’s the first wall going up. This side is 6 ft tall and the other side will be 7ft. The 7ft wall will have 2 windows and a full size steel exterior door that was recycled from a home remodel project.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PzYRXKXkfa4a3ibd2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RHGVriwnSVSmy1ST2
That’s as far as we’ve gotten so far. I have to pick up more lumber this weekend to finish the end walls and roof framing. I work full time so I’m picking away at this thing whenever I get a spare few hours. The siding will be board and batten rough cut as well. Lowe’s has cheap single pane single hung windows meant for pole barns and such that I’ll pick up next week hopefully. O and the most exciting part will be the solar powered automatic chicken door that will be installed as well! Also planning on building a small deck off the back to hold a 55gal barrel to feed a pvc water nipple system that will run underneath the coop. I’m trying to make this coop extremely easy to maintain our flock as we lead pretty busy lives. I’ll update this as work progresses but I couldn’t contain my excitement any longer and had to show somebody! Haha.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5cFavnUvr4Uuljg23