Our new " chicken palace"

[whitster290]

What do you think? Here is the coop that we built doe out 6 chickens.

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[iwiw60]

NICE!! One comment...I notice you are using chicken wire....do you have predators where you live...raccoon, fox, coyote, etc.?? If so you might want to re-think that. JMHO, wishing you all the best...

 

[JanetS]

Good size and location right under the trees. Do you have pictures of the inside?

Just a few things.

1. Chicken wire is NOT strong enough to keep out most predators. I would replace it as soon as you can.

2. From the pictures it looks like the wire on the run doesn't go all the way to the roof. This is a must. Raccoon are very good
climbers.

3. Pop door looks to small. Your chickens will grow pretty fast.

Good luck and enjoy your chickens. I know we do.

 

[iwiw60]

Quote: Oh, you're RIGHT!! I didn't notice that originally from the pic....YIKES!! Yes, you need to plug any "holes" as soon as you can. And yes, raccoons ARE very good climbers...that would be a piece of cake for the scumbags!

 

[whitster290]

It's not completely done yet. Still some fine tuning to be done. As far as the chicken wire... It'll have to do for now cuz the mesh is crazy expensive... The raccoons will not be a problem during the day and the chickens are in the completely closed off coop at night. Plus we live in the middle of the city in metro Detroit.. Lol. I'm more worried about neighborhood cats. We may have to adjust the hatch door later. Still a work in progress