Our chicken coop build
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very cool roof- awesome recycling and using what you have
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First off, I love the roof!
Second off, I hope I'm reading this wrong. But from what I read I see that the foot print of just your coop is 2x4. That's 8sq ft, which is only enough space for 2 birds. But you have 10 chicks on the way. Hopefully I just missed something.
The coop looks like you spent alot of time designing, and looks way better than the I think my coop will look when finished. Great job!
First off, I love the roof!
Second off, I hope I'm reading this wrong. But from what I read I see that the foot print of just your coop is 2x4. That's 8sq ft, which is only enough space for 2 birds. But you have 10 chicks on the way. Hopefully I just missed something.
The coop looks like you spent alot of time designing, and looks way better than the I think my coop will look when finished. Great job!
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- Feb 20, 2010
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Quote:
First off, I love the roof!
Second off, I hope I'm reading this wrong. But from what I read I see that the foot print of just your coop is 2x4. That's 8sq ft, which is only enough space for 2 birds. But you have 10 chicks on the way. Hopefully I just missed something.
The coop looks like you spent alot of time designing, and looks way better than the I think my coop will look when finished. Great job!
4x3 is the footprint of the floor, 2' tall at shortest, 3' at highest. 4x8 of ground around/under it. Pics later (tomorrow) should help.
First off, I love the roof!
Second off, I hope I'm reading this wrong. But from what I read I see that the foot print of just your coop is 2x4. That's 8sq ft, which is only enough space for 2 birds. But you have 10 chicks on the way. Hopefully I just missed something.
The coop looks like you spent alot of time designing, and looks way better than the I think my coop will look when finished. Great job!
4x3 is the footprint of the floor, 2' tall at shortest, 3' at highest. 4x8 of ground around/under it. Pics later (tomorrow) should help.
Quote:
First off, I love the roof!
Second off, I hope I'm reading this wrong. But from what I read I see that the foot print of just your coop is 2x4. That's 8sq ft, which is only enough space for 2 birds. But you have 10 chicks on the way. Hopefully I just missed something.
The coop looks like you spent alot of time designing, and looks way better than the I think my coop will look when finished. Great job!
4x3 is the footprint of the floor, 2' tall at shortest, 3' at highest. 4x8 of ground around/under it. Pics later (tomorrow) should help.
Well I'm glad it's bigger than I thought, but that's still too small for 10 chickens. The square footage recommendations are 4sq ft/bird inside, and 10sq ft/bird in the run. So a 4x3 coop would hold 3 birds, maybe 4 at the most.
First off, I love the roof!
Second off, I hope I'm reading this wrong. But from what I read I see that the foot print of just your coop is 2x4. That's 8sq ft, which is only enough space for 2 birds. But you have 10 chicks on the way. Hopefully I just missed something.
The coop looks like you spent alot of time designing, and looks way better than the I think my coop will look when finished. Great job!
4x3 is the footprint of the floor, 2' tall at shortest, 3' at highest. 4x8 of ground around/under it. Pics later (tomorrow) should help.
Well I'm glad it's bigger than I thought, but that's still too small for 10 chickens. The square footage recommendations are 4sq ft/bird inside, and 10sq ft/bird in the run. So a 4x3 coop would hold 3 birds, maybe 4 at the most.
VERYNICE WAY TO RE-USE THOSE CANS!
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- Jul 9, 2009
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I love the roof ,and what did you put between the seems ?.What part of Texas are you from ? We have alot of beer cans,and maybe Ill try that . Post more pics .
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Well, the chicks came, and despite the unnaturally cold weather here in TX, they are all healthy and happy.
They were indoors for a few days while we wrapped up the coop, and are now in their home...
The chicks enjoying their (currently) spacious home
Back with roof on:
Rusty and Robin checking on the chicks
For now its in the garage so we can easily check on them and control/check temps.. as soon as they are big enough to do some outside stuff, we will move it into the backyard.
They were indoors for a few days while we wrapped up the coop, and are now in their home...
The chicks enjoying their (currently) spacious home
Back with roof on:
Rusty and Robin checking on the chicks
For now its in the garage so we can easily check on them and control/check temps.. as soon as they are big enough to do some outside stuff, we will move it into the backyard.
- Mar 1, 2009
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i love the chicks they are cute. And i love the tractor. WONDERFUL job!!!!!!!!!
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