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Katt66 said:
Very nice!  And, yeah, that would be easy enough to put a roof on.  If you built a little 2X4 frame and attached the corrugated fiberglass to that you'd be able to put it on and remove it when you want.  

As far as the plastic, it being ghetto was a huge concern for us as well.  I love my Aunt dearly but her multiple chicken "coops" and runs are enough to make me cry.  Her layout reminds me of the Winchester Mansion.  She's got little makeshift chicken coops and packing crates and plywood "things" thrown together in a hurry all over the place.  With those metal electric fence stakes shoved into the ground here and there with chicken wire wrapped around them and draped over top and everyhing all zip tied together.  Every time birds fight, she separates them and throws up another little makeshift run and box of some kind for a coop for the bullies or bullied.  This spring we are going over there, ripping everything down and building her a proper coop.  Big enough for everyone and a real run.  
But, in the meantime, visions of her setup ran through our heads all the while we were planning and building our own coop.  We wanted something neat and tastful and nice to look at but still big enough and practical.  If you notice, the little elevated run area to the far left side in the picture I put up is a raised quail pen that we had to add on after we'd finished the coop.  Literally the DAY we finished putting the fencing up on the coop and put our 2wk old chicks out in their new home for the first time, a friend of ours showed up with a dog kennel full of excess quail and chukkars he gotten somewhere.  He put them in the coop and half of the immediately squeezed through the fencing and took off.  We caught the remaining ones and as hasitly and tastefully as possible added that little "apartment" onto the main chicken coop.  

Then a short few weeks later thanks to the wonderful magic of Chicken Math, our 3 to 5 pullets turned into 5 cockerels and 9 pullets.  So we needed to expand the coop we'd been adamant on leaving exactly how we'd planned and built it.  If you look on the ground just below the "Quail Apartment" on the left you'll notice a couple of post holes I'd dug before the ground froze with the intention of adding onto the run and extending it down to the chain link fence at the bottom of the yard.  Then it got cold and enclosing the existing run became priority.  So we took unfinished molding, stained it with the same water seal we'd used on the coop and carefully put the plastic up.  We'll be able to remove it and re use the molding each year.  Next year I plan on making some kind of brackets to slide the molding pieces into so we don't have to keep nailing or stapling them up each year and adding more and more holes to the 4X4 posts.  
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Yea, I am on the same boat with intentions to add add add! I quickly had to build that new run because although my flock didn't grow in numbers, it quickly grew in physical size. Now I want more birds and even goats but I think I'm going to stay where I'm at now for a little while
 
SilkieSensation said:
I really hate psycho people! The guy that put our camper on his property is now trying to keep it & threatened to choke me to death. He's now facing menacing charges & I just want to get my family, animals & posessions out of here as fast as possible! I have a friend coming with a 4wd to get the camper out. I need a truck &/or trailer to get my freezer full of food, cages & animals that he hauled back her & refuses to haul back out.
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Good Grief!! No-one needs that... Hope things start to improve and fast for you guys.
maae said:
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Welcome to the FUN!!
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wingstone said:
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This one is for Blarney.

I couldn't resist, and it is bird related.
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omgosh wing..this is great!! I just sent it to my daughter & SIL...he is a die-hard Eagles fan and NOT happy they lost!!! hahahhaa....to good!!
 
Farmer Mike S said:
Thanks for the picture and advice, you did a nice job with your coop! I never did the plastic on the sides because I was afraid it would be a bit "ghetto" looking, but it doesn't look bad at all. That's probably what I will do soon because the chickens don't go out at all if it snows. I probably will add either a fiberglass or plastic roof like I already said, but I'm thinking of coming up with a concept of an easily removable semi-permanent roof. The nice thing about having a completely open run is that in the summer it gets full sunlight and air. But then again if I did that the cost would probably run up and it would be one more thing to store. I attached some images of my coop and run in case you are a bit curious about what I'm working with. Of course right after I built my run I wished I had had made it bigger, but I'm sure we all having those moments lol. I feel it's sufficient for five chickens that get some time to free range.



You might notice it's not level with the coop in this picture, but I fixed that
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So awesome!!!..looks so nice, the plastic on the sides would NOT be an eye-sore!! & your birds would enjoy the extra room to stretch.
Katt66 said:
This
is my vegetable garden in more pleasant weather. It's 4X4's sunk 18" in to the ground, 2X4 top rails and 2high 5/4 decking boards for the base. Enclosed in livestock fencing. It's completely dog proof to keep my pit bull, Brittany, and German Shorthair from stealing tomatoes and digging holes. So I know it would be predator proof for chickens as well.
I am seriously considering trying to rig up some kind of temporary roof over it next fall after we take out all the spent vegetable plants. Then running plastic around the whole thing, putting a shelter of some kind and some roosts in and putting a couple of dozen meat birds in there. I think it would be a practical use of a non used space over the winter. AND I'd have a ton of free fertilizer and free tilling service provided by the chickens till we butcher them.
I'm just not sure how I'd put a roof on it. It's only about 3ft high. And I hate the thought of having to duck under the roofing to try and get at any of the birds in there. Though this would deter the kids from playing with their food and getting attached to the darn things. ^_^

What do y'all think? Would this be a good idea?
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This is what we have in mind for the "future" run!!!..only a bit taller..i am only 4'11 & 1/2, so for me it doesn't need to be high, and seeing how i am the one doing the "chicken hands on"...that is all that matters....Going to have it roofed with the same material as the coop lean-to... We are using the 'plastic' roofing , works like a charm...like your idea of the gutter system for water collection off the coop roof , would keep me from getting dripped on.
Love all the coop & run pics!!!
 
arg..my main roo is sick,,,,got him inside and gave him a shot of tetracycline....getting him warmed and will force sugar water time will tell ...,,
 
Katt66 said:
This
is my vegetable garden in more pleasant weather. It's 4X4's sunk 18" in to the ground, 2X4 top rails and 2high 5/4 decking boards for the base. Enclosed in livestock fencing. It's completely dog proof to keep my pit bull, Brittany, and German Shorthair from stealing tomatoes and digging holes. So I know it would be predator proof for chickens as well.
I am seriously considering trying to rig up some kind of temporary roof over it next fall after we take out all the spent vegetable plants. Then running plastic around the whole thing, putting a shelter of some kind and some roosts in and putting a couple of dozen meat birds in there. I think it would be a practical use of a non used space over the winter. AND I'd have a ton of free fertilizer and free tilling service provided by the chickens till we butcher them.
I'm just not sure how I'd put a roof on it. It's only about 3ft high. And I hate the thought of having to duck under the roofing to try and get at any of the birds in there. Though this would deter the kids from playing with their food and getting attached to the darn things. ^_^

What do y'all think? Would this be a good idea?
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what if you put tent poles or other types of tall poles along one side and then attach a tarp with the grommet holes onto the poles .
One side could be very tall and one lower......plus if you need to get in you can take off the tarp.

Its kinda what I do on a smaller scale
 

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