Our new coop!

[EastTexan]

So here’s our new coop(121sq.ft.) we completed last week. Most of the material is reclaimed from a coop I helped my grandpa build over 20yrs. ago including the door and hinges. Currently working on our 500sq. foot run that will be used if we’re planning on being gone for a day or so. Also a few pics of our golden laced wyandotte, bantams and chicks. We used the 1/2” hwc for the aprons and windows. Currently we only have the 4 grown chickens and 4 grown bantams but we have 22 chicks which are 3 weeks old that we will be transitioning to the coop later on. 5 of those are bantams as well. I think we may build a separate coop for the bantams? 2 of the bantam roosters do not get along so I’ll be removing their spurs to see if they can settle it. We only had the 2 Japanese bantams that got along great but my wife got a third, the Old English with the hen with 4 chicks.

 

[cherrynberry]

love those nesting boxes!

 

[EastTexan]

love those nesting boxes!

Thanks. Currently the 3 hens that are laying have used every box at one time or the other including the ground lol.

 

[3KillerBs]

So cool that you were able to reclaim/recycle so much!

 

[EastTexan]

So cool that you were able to reclaim/recycle so much!

Yes, especially with the prices of lumber now. Everything but the wire, post, headers and the back wall is new plywood as I was going to add doors for the nesting boxes but my wife enjoys going inside to check on the chickens as well so no doors as of yet.

 

[Kellow1]

So here’s our new coop(121sq.ft.) we completed last week. Most of the material is reclaimed from a coop I helped my grandpa build over 20yrs. ago including the door and hinges. Currently working on our 500sq. foot run that will be used if we’re planning on being gone for a day or so. Also a few pics of our golden laced wyandotte, bantams and chicks. We used the 1/2” hwc for the aprons and windows. Currently we only have the 4 grown chickens and 4 grown bantams but we have 22 chicks which are 3 weeks old that we will be transitioning to the coop later on. 5 of those are bantams as well. I think we may build a separate coop for the bantams? 2 of the bantam roosters do not get along so I’ll be removing their spurs to see if they can settle it. We only had the 2 Japanese bantams that got along great but my wife got a third, the Old English with the hen with 4 chicks.

Keep in mind that chicken wire is only meant to keep chickens IN, not predators OUT!!