BabasCoop
Chirping
So excited!!! After we spent a lot of time fully enclosing our coop/run area, the coop is finally coming together.
So off the back of our shop, between the shop and the pasture, the previous owner had installed a very well made sturdy lean to. And along the shop wall of the lean 2 was a 2 1/2’x19’ workbench. We decided this was going to be the initial bones of our coop/run.
We enclosed an additional 14’ past the end of the lean to, to the end of the shop. Our run area is 33’x12’ total.
My husband has built the frame and roofing of our nest box area and has now started on the coop. Our coop will be suspended from the roof so the entire underside will be open, which will allow our chickens the full 33’x12’ space to roam.
I have 1” ventilation under the eves of the entire nest box as well as space behind the next boxes between the shop wall and the roof for good circulation.
The coop will have 12” of ventilation all along the top front under the roof. And on the sides scaled ventilation that starts at 12” like the front and scales to 24” as the slope of the roof increases towards the shop.
Every section will have hinged doors for easy access to collect eggs, clean and change coop liter etc.
There is access to electricity from the shop if the need arises.
I’m super Eggcited to see our plans coming together. And just in time!!!! My chicks will be ready to move the weekend after next I believe!
Here are some pictures if you would like to see it. We live in a very dry arid area that usually is in the 20s during the winter (with the occasional teens), and about 4 months of 80+, often reaching 95-100 in July, Aug, Sept.
So off the back of our shop, between the shop and the pasture, the previous owner had installed a very well made sturdy lean to. And along the shop wall of the lean 2 was a 2 1/2’x19’ workbench. We decided this was going to be the initial bones of our coop/run.
We enclosed an additional 14’ past the end of the lean to, to the end of the shop. Our run area is 33’x12’ total.
My husband has built the frame and roofing of our nest box area and has now started on the coop. Our coop will be suspended from the roof so the entire underside will be open, which will allow our chickens the full 33’x12’ space to roam.
I have 1” ventilation under the eves of the entire nest box as well as space behind the next boxes between the shop wall and the roof for good circulation.
The coop will have 12” of ventilation all along the top front under the roof. And on the sides scaled ventilation that starts at 12” like the front and scales to 24” as the slope of the roof increases towards the shop.
Every section will have hinged doors for easy access to collect eggs, clean and change coop liter etc.
There is access to electricity from the shop if the need arises.
I’m super Eggcited to see our plans coming together. And just in time!!!! My chicks will be ready to move the weekend after next I believe!
Here are some pictures if you would like to see it. We live in a very dry arid area that usually is in the 20s during the winter (with the occasional teens), and about 4 months of 80+, often reaching 95-100 in July, Aug, Sept.
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