Our big coop renovation!!!! COMPLETELY DONE & FREE! 10/9/11

[ChobeeChickenMommy]

I finally got our camera working again! Hubby is putting the finishing touches on the 15x15 run tomorrow!! SO I will get finalized photos up of everything then... But here are the ones of our nameplates minus Fionna's I guess I forgot to take a pic of hers.... (I did everything freehand to try & make it more personal...) ~Sorry pic heavy...

 

[ChobeeChickenMommy]

WE FINISHED EVERYTHING TODAY!!! I am so happy w/ our coop & runs! Now we just have to clean our old dog house to put in the 4x15 run for our roosters and make the girls their swings! My hubby & I got so lucky that this renovation was COMPLETELY FREE for us! Here are the new pics!!!!

Hubby finishing the framing on the run right before we started putting the chicken wire up yesterday

The rusted tin shade roof that we pulled of & replaced w/ left over pieces from redoing my father-in-law's barn

Hubby working on the shade roof

Finished shade roof

The finished product! Completely inclosed & predator proof, even w/ goodies for the girls!!! Plus tiki torches to help w/ those nasty Florida mosquitos!

&& Last but NOT least, their nameplates!!!!

& here are a few of the girls hanging out in the coop after I finished cleaning it out & putting new shavings in for them

 

[LisaAnnW]

Whew - looks great. You have some very lucky chickens!

 

[ChobeeChickenMommy]

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Thanks Lisa! They sure do look like they are enjoying the bigger area to run! I just wish I could let them free range a little, but we about had a bad experience between one of the austalorps & our cat the other day so that idea was nixed pretty quick....

 

[SteveBaz]

very nice you guys!

 

[ChobeeChickenMommy]

Thanks everyone! My hubby put a swing up for my girls this morning while I was at work

(first time back at work in 2 years for me...aaahhh.) I am going crazy that I'm not home to help or play with the chickens. (& my boys... lol...) I will try to take a few pics tomorrow of the swing to post as long as the weather is better then it was today.

 

[pdbantam]

 

[autumnprairie]

Nice Job and the best part it was all free materials.

I have a question I see that you have two dog feeders in the coop are feeders or nests?

My hubby and I are moving our coop and chicken yard again before winter.
It will be in a 10 x 16 storage shed the goats will get halfm This decision was made after the downpour we had today and none of my animals were happy.

I brought home my new herd shire before the rain and they didnt want to share quarters so I got stuck out there in the rain too,
made sure chickens were snug then, ran back in only to have to grab my 4 (3wk )old kittens so they wouldn't drown

My hubby went into hysterics laughing

I was drenched from head to toe


What we won't do for animals

 

[ChobeeChickenMommy]

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Thats funny! We converted them into nesting boxes. We took the front & inside plastic parts out & turned them upside down & attached a hook so I could swing the door thingy open for the nesting material to "fall out" when I am cleaning the coop. Then I just have to close them & put the new material in em. It made it REALLY simple to clean out, IMO...

Here's an up close pic of one:

 

[autumnprairie]

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Thats funny! We converted them into nesting boxes. We took the front & inside plastic parts out & turned them upside down & attached a hook so I could swing the door thingy open for the nesting material to "fall out" when I am cleaning the coop. Then I just have to close them & put the new material in em. It made it REALLY simple to clean out, IMO...

Here's an up close pic of one:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105510_nest_box.jpg

I have feeders that are just hanging around , I am going to try it. Thanks for showing them I would have never thought to use them like this