here are a few pictures
the first one ( red) is Sally sunshines hinkel haus
the next two are my new coop not quite done..............roughly 8x4
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here are a few pictures
the first one ( red) is Sally sunshines hinkel haus
the next two are my new coop not quite done..............roughly 8x4
Hey classyq:
Howdy from Chester co....can't help with the feed....What chooks do you have?
@stake
Howdy to you...
I have 2 RIR, 2 Buff Orps, and 2 EE all 7 weeks old and so much fun!
Howdy to you...
I have 2 RIR, 2 Buff Orps, and 2 EE all 7 weeks old and so much fun!
Good evening folks:
I can't keep up with all the conversations so:
Purdy....got most of my stuff in the ground...need more warm weather...to tell if its going to be a bust....
Fisher...more broody action....I can't control my one....I removed her eggs last night...this evening she was in a different box with her little one sitting on an egg a GLW laid....duh!
Wing...like the straw coop idea...here's my take.....shrink wrapped bales of pine shavings cost at most $9.....16 bales would be a 6'x6' square about 3-4' tall.....set the pine bales on 4 pallets and the pallets on flagstone blocks....the pine will insulate and the shrink wrap will shed off any moisture and seal air tight....could even do a formal flooring for clean up....just a thought....
I can't keep up with all the conversations so:
Purdy....got most of my stuff in the ground...need more warm weather...to tell if its going to be a bust....
Fisher...more broody action....I can't control my one....I removed her eggs last night...this evening she was in a different box with her little one sitting on an egg a GLW laid....duh!
Wing...like the straw coop idea...here's my take.....shrink wrapped bales of pine shavings cost at most $9.....16 bales would be a 6'x6' square about 3-4' tall.....set the pine bales on 4 pallets and the pallets on flagstone blocks....the pine will insulate and the shrink wrap will shed off any moisture and seal air tight....could even do a formal flooring for clean up....just a thought....
: That made me LOL!
haha! I showed that to him and he just shook his head and roofed his eyes lol
that was me when he came home from training. He left and we had 6 chicks. He cane home and we had 16 haha!
I am thoroughly confused :/ someone was singing the egg song today in the coop. I have no idea who it was. I even double checked it and looked up what the egg song sounds like. Everyone will be 11 weeks old on Saturday (except Chip and Cookie who will be 12 weeks). Do they practice singing it before hand or should I get my butt moving and get those nest boxes built already?
Yes, Aurora. They practice early.
Isn't anyone else awake? It is only two a.m.
Isn't anyone else awake? It is only two a.m.
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Originally Posted by DJ Bear 
Fayetteville PA is a newbie looking for the perfect coop for 7 chicks....the Bremerton Coop from Urban Chicken site has been ordered, but now delayed. Can one be made for $200-300???? Suggestions welcome. We have been all over the map checking here and most everywhere else with pics and posts. Some say 4x4 with a yard, while others say minimum 6x8.
Very confused, but anxious!?
Thanks
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Inside the large size fowl should have 4 sq. ft each. So you need a 28 sq. ft. coop. 5x6 or 4x8.
If you went down to 3.5 sq. ft. each, it's not ideal, but doable, that would be ok for 4x6 coop.
Hang the nest boxes off the side of the coop so they don't take up your floor space.
If you have bantams, 1/2 all the measurements.
When I built my coops/poultry yard, nothing went in the ground so a "temporary structure" and no permits needed. Everything sets on the grounds. The roofed poultry yard is 5x6'H chicken wire covered panels which screw together from both sides with 3 inch coated decking screws. When you make your door in one f the panels, make sure it is wide enough for wheelbarrow.
A 2' high 3-sided base made of 2x4's was used to raise the coop off the ground. We ran chicken wire around the base and covered that with that translucent vinyl carpet runner they sell at Lowe's. Makes a great outside foul weather run in and scratching/dusting shed. Built a door into one end of the coop base to access for cleaning. If you put a peaked roof on your coop, you need a cupola or ridge vent. If you use a one angle roof, then vents/windows on the upper 1/2 of the highest wall will do.
best,
Karen
Fayetteville PA is a newbie looking for the perfect coop for 7 chicks....the Bremerton Coop from Urban Chicken site has been ordered, but now delayed. Can one be made for $200-300???? Suggestions welcome. We have been all over the map checking here and most everywhere else with pics and posts. Some say 4x4 with a yard, while others say minimum 6x8.
Very confused, but anxious!?
Thanks
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Inside the large size fowl should have 4 sq. ft each. So you need a 28 sq. ft. coop. 5x6 or 4x8.
If you went down to 3.5 sq. ft. each, it's not ideal, but doable, that would be ok for 4x6 coop.
Hang the nest boxes off the side of the coop so they don't take up your floor space.
If you have bantams, 1/2 all the measurements.
When I built my coops/poultry yard, nothing went in the ground so a "temporary structure" and no permits needed. Everything sets on the grounds. The roofed poultry yard is 5x6'H chicken wire covered panels which screw together from both sides with 3 inch coated decking screws. When you make your door in one f the panels, make sure it is wide enough for wheelbarrow.
A 2' high 3-sided base made of 2x4's was used to raise the coop off the ground. We ran chicken wire around the base and covered that with that translucent vinyl carpet runner they sell at Lowe's. Makes a great outside foul weather run in and scratching/dusting shed. Built a door into one end of the coop base to access for cleaning. If you put a peaked roof on your coop, you need a cupola or ridge vent. If you use a one angle roof, then vents/windows on the upper 1/2 of the highest wall will do.
best,
Karen
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