- Mar 25, 2013
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Im going to be picking up this shed on Friday or Saturday...
It will need a lot of work...but it FREE. Which is right in my budget. Their is a house door sitting beside the shed next to the pig...they just took it down to make barn doors which they never added. How should I make it into a coop. The coop does not have a floor. It has two double pain windows and big gaps at the top for vents. It will need a door and maybe a another window? This will be my first coop and my first building project. My chickens are almost 10 weeks old so I need to make it sooner rather then later. They are starting to outgrow my dog house that they are in. I know I will need to add roosting bars (not sure how to make them), nesting boxes(not sure what else I can use), a feeder and water. Does the walls need insulation for winter? I live in southern Michigan. It normaly gets down into the 30ish but has been know to get colder. My budget for this a free or as cheap as I can make it. I love to reuse anything I have. I have a ton of pallets that I was going to tear apart to make my coop before I found this shed. also have mike crates, 3 and 5 gallon buckets, some pvc piles and lots of other odds and ends things in the garage. should I put Food and water inside or outside the coop. The coop will be attached to a 10 by 24 feet run. I cant allow my chicken to free range to many wild animals and loose dogs to eat them.
It will need a lot of work...but it FREE. Which is right in my budget. Their is a house door sitting beside the shed next to the pig...they just took it down to make barn doors which they never added. How should I make it into a coop. The coop does not have a floor. It has two double pain windows and big gaps at the top for vents. It will need a door and maybe a another window? This will be my first coop and my first building project. My chickens are almost 10 weeks old so I need to make it sooner rather then later. They are starting to outgrow my dog house that they are in. I know I will need to add roosting bars (not sure how to make them), nesting boxes(not sure what else I can use), a feeder and water. Does the walls need insulation for winter? I live in southern Michigan. It normaly gets down into the 30ish but has been know to get colder. My budget for this a free or as cheap as I can make it. I love to reuse anything I have. I have a ton of pallets that I was going to tear apart to make my coop before I found this shed. also have mike crates, 3 and 5 gallon buckets, some pvc piles and lots of other odds and ends things in the garage. should I put Food and water inside or outside the coop. The coop will be attached to a 10 by 24 feet run. I cant allow my chicken to free range to many wild animals and loose dogs to eat them.