Old Coop Reno! (my first coop)

[buffbrahmaboy]

Hi Kevlar - nice coop. I too inherited an old coop with nice bones. Unfortunately it recently had chickens and they weren't well looked after, so my first task was a total cleaning and disinfection. Not a nice introduction to chicken keeping. After a month of renos I finally got my day-olds. Now at five months they're on the verge of laying and seem quiet content in the old building. One thing I did was put shutters on all windows and pop holes so I can lock them in tight at night. Coyotes and winter. I live near Enderby, in the North Okanagan, and have been through your area many times. Love it there. Welcome.

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

WOW!!! Looks wonderful

 

[LoveMyChicks-Tabitha]

Would you be so kind and post more pics? Lol. I would like to see what the inside now looks like. We are in the process of finishing our coop and i'm looking for ideas.

 

[kevlar]

I will post more pics this weekend probably, I work long hours and its to dim for pics when I get home from work, I do most of my fixing up on weekends too. the inside looks allot like it did before except I moved the nesting boxes. The coop had an existing and quite large roosting area and drop board/bench and I kept that. I am planning on building some kind of gravity fed feeder that I can mount on the wall, and I have a large corner that I will turn in to a brooding area for when we get new chicks in the spring.

 

[flowergirl60]

That is a really nice coop. I love the nesting boxes and I love the beautiful scenery were you are. Can't wait to see more pics.

 

[kevlar]

So a little progress today the girls got some new window trim

and after I finished that I thought that maybe they needed a new pop door

I still need to install a latch for the door but the inside one that slides up and down is still in place, they also got a new ladder for their roost but I forgot to take pics of that. I still need to get some pics of the inside.

 

[Sparks]

Great work! Very nice!

 

[ll]

nice windows, nice pop door

 

[Hawkeye95]

Wow, this is really coming along! I can't believe the transformation! Geez, you are doing a great job!!

 

[AZBootsie]

Kevlar, you are doing a beautiful job!!!