I've had the chicken bug for years, but it took a sudden decrease in employment for me to decide to jmp into it. It had to be cheap,and mainly recycled goods I started with a floor of printing pallets,which are more solid than regular pallets I had friends over for a coop raising party A second day of raising mainly finished it off During this we had CHICKS Having chicks growing large in a brooder focuses the mind wonderfully The finished result soon to be painted with psychedelic chickens to make it more groovy Foodtv for cats The whole thing cost 125$, the main costs being 2X4's,metal roofing and insulation,which I hadn't been planning on,but we decided to go for it. Plywood,for sheathing,doors and windows all scavenged.The hardware cloth for the fence was a gift from a friend who had some left over from a dog run.Paint was a mistint from home Depot that happened to be a proposed future colour for my house,tho we think maybe it should be the trim now, too dark for the whole house It has a lamp on a timer inside,with hanging food. I intend to buy a heated waterer,as I don't like the one i have,and might as well spend the extra 15$ on a heated one to save hauling water out every morning in midwinter The girls are now 4 months old, all hens(yay) and should start laying in 4-8 weeks. 8 Black australorps Edit:using DE and deep litter,after 2 months no odour
Quote:If you look at the "Foodtv" pic you can see the back of the coop into the run, which has another human size door and a pop door with a board run. The rungs on the board run are chopsticks stapled onto it.
Quote:If you look at the "Foodtv" pic you can see the back of the coop into the run, which has another human size door and a pop door with a board run. The rungs on the board run are chopsticks stapled onto it. Ahhh okay I see it now. The chopsticks is a great idea which I will use if I need to build one. Thanks.
Nice job! Great idea too about having a coop raising party.... I think I see something similar in my future .
