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Things I really like...This is my first post so please be gentle. After a lot of reading on here, this is what I came up with. I'm using a 3" PVC waterer with nipples and a 3" PVC gravity feeder. I built the "auto roll out" nesting boxes. I purchased nesting pads and the girls weren't too interested in them what so ever. Pulled the pads and they are all about it now. I have not seen them use the roosting bars as of yet, but I'm hopeful!
Thoughts? Comments?
This is our first attempt at coop building. We used ideas from this site. My husband and I decided to go with the portable idea. The run is detachable and we've attached handles to the front of the coop so that it can be wheeled to a new location every few days.
We left a little crawl space for the ladies to hide in. They seem to like looking out the window.
The view from inside the nesting boxes.
Wow, there are a lot of beautiful coops here!
Here is my coop, finished in May 2014. The girls were so happy to move in, and a few days later they experienced their first snow on Mother's Day. It did look so pretty covered in snow
I decided to raise the coop off the ground, my backyard is a hill and I do have water and mud run off problems when it rains. The extra bonus with having it raised they have an area underneath that is secure and shaded. My biggest problem was figuring the pop door in the floor with the ramp out. Having enough headroom, and not giving up massive floor space. I can close it if needed, but most nights I leave it open. They can get down and have breakfast if I sleep in. Since this picture, I have also cut two screened windows that can be closed if needed (they are at opposite ends) Still working on the run now.
So excited got our 1st egg yesterday!
Ladycluckington, do you happen to know the dimensions of your cute little portable coop? I have two tiny palettes that I was thinking of having my dad build into a small movable coop like this.