Its was here when we moved in. We re-roofed, insulated with straw stuffed between the supports covered with burlap. 28 degrees outside 46 inside. Cozy!
Official BYC Poll: Where Did You Get Your Coop & Run From?
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IFA store in Salt Lake
We bought our initial coop and run (for the chickens) from COOPS FOR A CAUSE in NH, (link below). They give part back to charity, and the coops were very well made.
We then did significant DIY 'tricking out' of both. We live in a 250 year old house and wanted the coop to look '17th/18thc.' too, and so we 'leaded' (diamond panes) the windows. We painted it a dark brown and cedar shingled the roof over the asphalt one. Due to chicken math, a year or so later we added onto the run. The original run is roofed in corrugated clear panels and the addition that we added on we roofed with leftover cedar shingles, so there is always some shade. The coop and run are up against gable wall of the original woodshed attached to house. We have feed stored in bins, and a 'chicken shelf' of products, and coop cleaning stuff right in that shed, so only a few feet away.
Inside the coop, we added our own built in nest boxes, and painted everything a sunny yellow (very washable). It was not painted when we got it. We swapped out the roosting bar for a better, wide one. I made curtains and nestbox curtains. We made a poop board and covered it with a scrap of sheet vinyl flooring. We built a cedar flower box and added a punched tin lantern to the outside front as a 'night light'. (I made the 'seed packet bunting' for spring/summer!) We LOVE our coop and run and so do our hens!
http://www.coopsforacause.net/
Last year we got 2 ducks and goose. We decided we needed to build them their own coop ourselves. We brooded them in the house and began a coop for them. The 2 of us built the coop below having never built a building of any kind, having no experience with anything like this, and having just made a little sketch on a piece of scrap paper! Our tools are all elderly and we borrowed a pneumatic nailer from a neighbor.
We covered the floor with a remnant piece of sheet flooring we got for $12.
Somehow I manage to completely frame out for the door and 2 windows myself while hubby did something else. The windows we found on Ebay were the perfect size, perfect color, and excellent for the $24. we paid.
We used all new lumber, and then leftover underlayment and cedar shingles for the roof.
I built a batten door from scratch by myself as well. I also painted the coop inside and out, with several coats of paint---(washable, for the interior.)
We also installed electric light in the coop, running wire underground. We had never done that before either...
Their run, which is directly across from the door to their coop is from Omlet.
Hubby made interior predator screens, removable, to cover the regular window screening.
You can see the reproduction hinges and handles, etc., that I got to blend nicely with our 250 year old house. We can't believe we actually built this coop having never done anything like that at all. If we can, anyone can. Our ducks and goose love their home! (Their own run is from Omlet).
Our 2 ducks, Jemima and Charlotte and our music-loving Pilgrim goose, Mayflower.
We then did significant DIY 'tricking out' of both. We live in a 250 year old house and wanted the coop to look '17th/18thc.' too, and so we 'leaded' (diamond panes) the windows. We painted it a dark brown and cedar shingled the roof over the asphalt one. Due to chicken math, a year or so later we added onto the run. The original run is roofed in corrugated clear panels and the addition that we added on we roofed with leftover cedar shingles, so there is always some shade. The coop and run are up against gable wall of the original woodshed attached to house. We have feed stored in bins, and a 'chicken shelf' of products, and coop cleaning stuff right in that shed, so only a few feet away.
Inside the coop, we added our own built in nest boxes, and painted everything a sunny yellow (very washable). It was not painted when we got it. We swapped out the roosting bar for a better, wide one. I made curtains and nestbox curtains. We made a poop board and covered it with a scrap of sheet vinyl flooring. We built a cedar flower box and added a punched tin lantern to the outside front as a 'night light'. (I made the 'seed packet bunting' for spring/summer!) We LOVE our coop and run and so do our hens!
http://www.coopsforacause.net/
Last year we got 2 ducks and goose. We decided we needed to build them their own coop ourselves. We brooded them in the house and began a coop for them. The 2 of us built the coop below having never built a building of any kind, having no experience with anything like this, and having just made a little sketch on a piece of scrap paper! Our tools are all elderly and we borrowed a pneumatic nailer from a neighbor.
We covered the floor with a remnant piece of sheet flooring we got for $12.
Somehow I manage to completely frame out for the door and 2 windows myself while hubby did something else. The windows we found on Ebay were the perfect size, perfect color, and excellent for the $24. we paid.
We used all new lumber, and then leftover underlayment and cedar shingles for the roof.
I built a batten door from scratch by myself as well. I also painted the coop inside and out, with several coats of paint---(washable, for the interior.)
We also installed electric light in the coop, running wire underground. We had never done that before either...
Their run, which is directly across from the door to their coop is from Omlet.
Hubby made interior predator screens, removable, to cover the regular window screening.
You can see the reproduction hinges and handles, etc., that I got to blend nicely with our 250 year old house. We can't believe we actually built this coop having never done anything like that at all. If we can, anyone can. Our ducks and goose love their home! (Their own run is from Omlet).
Our 2 ducks, Jemima and Charlotte and our music-loving Pilgrim goose, Mayflower.
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I built my coop from free wood my son gave me. It is wood siding on a 2x3 frame. I only have three hens. It is 4 foot by 5 foot by about 5 feet tall. It is on 2 foot 4x4 legs and the run is cattle panel with chicken wire . The girls love it and a tornado didn't damage it, but a neighbors tree did hold it down then.
CassieD
In the Brooder
- Apr 12, 2020
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Coop from Tractor Supply. I was new to chickens and thought it looked good. It is actually remarkably sturdy most of theirs aren. Had to make a lot of modifications though. Created a run on the side of our garage where the coop sits atop a concrete and wood foundation with hardware cloth. Topped the whole run with hawk netting. Tons of hawks soaring around all the time, chickens roam free in the run during the day
PurpleCArTires
Crowing
EmmaRainboe
🙄🤚💙Duckie💜😩🤚
Adorable!
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much!! We restored our whole 250 yr. old house on a tiny budget for 22 years. Everything we do we have to salvage and be super creative and imaginative trying to make something look like a million on a puny budget, lol!
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NomadMik
Chirping
- Apr 29, 2020
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I got my coop at Tractor Supply and my run at Walmart online.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/petmate-superior-construction-chicken-coop-70401d
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Walsport...Hen-House-Poultry-Rabbit-Cage-Cover/719674416
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/petmate-superior-construction-chicken-coop-70401d
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Walsport...Hen-House-Poultry-Rabbit-Cage-Cover/719674416
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