post your chicken coop pictures here!

[samantha LW]

OK here is my coop and run.

 

[lynnehd]

OK here is my coop and run.

Fabulous! Nice big run, covered with netting.

 

[Granny368W]

My coop is about 1800 square feet the birds (about 100 currently) are currently contained to about 900 sqft to make it easier to maintain, that is about 9 square feed per bird, plenty of space... There is also plenty of space for my birds to get away from each other and hide or roost that isn't the issue...
I wasn't saying they would roost there, just that they would get into it as I know my birds would... I have plenty of roosting area as well, some just prefer to roost or hang out in solitary or other places and I know full well if there was an open bowl of water they would be in it...
Yep, my birds would be all over that in no time short...

In the end open water like that would not work well for me I have a mixed flock from young birds to small bantams to flying breeds to larger peafowl I need a watering option that works for all sizes and doesn't get dirty while providing about them at least 10 gallons of water a day... I expect they will be up to 15 gallons a day when this seasons birds mature fully and next summers heat hits...

For me this works, a 55 gallon drum with horizontal nipples at multiple heights, as well as steps on the left and right approach so the smaller birds can reach the nipples as well while the bigger birds can approach from the front and reach... The drip tray catches and diverts and drips out of the coop and actually holds a little bit of water that some of the smaller birds seem to like using sicking their heads into... My coop is heated to just above freezing so little concern about freezing water in the coop, but I'm still going to drop a heater in there this winter to keep the water closer to 50° for a piece of mind, the last of the heater parts just arrived today so that will be finished shortly...

May I ask what type of eater are you oing to use? I need to get a heater for mine..... Rae

 

[Jenlyn9483]

 

[Jenlyn9483]

Broiler tractor will hold 25- 30 birds. I will cover it with. Piece of plastic sheeting at night and when it rains to keep it light. In Feb I will build a few shelves in the back lift area to hold seed starts.

 

[RobJones]

Is that a metal frame what are the dimensions ?

 

[sawilliams]

Almost all reused materials approximately 6ft x 4 ft. The frame is 2 twin box springs. We took the tops and bottoms apart and ran 4ft 2x4s between them. All the siding is 3ft fence boards from our dog run that we had is dismantle due to the one dog getting to big for it. It rarely drops below 30 degrees here but is often over 100 in the summer so wer wanted as much open air flow as possible. I'm going to make changes in the spring. As I want to incluse the 2 sides a bit more for privacy, create winter covers for other open areas and we need ti redo the roof as it is leaking. Right now we have a large tarp over the coop to help keep it dry on the rainy days. We put the whole thing together in a week so a few little details were missed along the way, but we will have time to fix them all later.

And there is a gate now between the coop and the corn of the house, so that have that full side as thier run.

 

[Adorkable]

Almost all reused materials approximately 6ft x 4 ft. The frame is 2 twin box springs. We took the tops and bottoms apart and ran 4ft 2x4s between them. All the siding is 3ft fence boards from our dog run that we had is dismantle due to the one dog getting to big for it. It rarely drops below 30 degrees here but is often over 100 in the summer so wer wanted as much open air flow as possible. I'm going to make changes in the spring. As I want to incluse the 2 sides a bit more for privacy, create winter covers for other open areas and we need ti redo the roof as it is leaking. Right now we have a large tarp over the coop to help keep it dry on the rainy days. We put the whole thing together in a week so a few little details were missed along the way, but we will have time to fix them all later.

And there is a gate now between the coop and the corn of the house, so that have that full side as thier run.

This looks great. I would put some hardware cloth over the chicken wire... or some welded 2x4 wire for added security. It looks great though, I love it. Great job... I always use re-purposed or leftover material to build my coops!

What do you have planted up against that fence? Is that some kind of bamboo? It looks great!

 

[yolksonus]

I'm not sure if I've posted pics of the inside of my coop yet, so I'm posting some. We only have ventilation on two sides and I'm wondering if this is enough. It's at the top, on the east and west facing sides. We do the deep litter method and due to the cold the Windows have been closed and it was a bit stinky in there today.

 

[gpeters3]

Ok, i know im illiterate but what is a tractor? The ones im familiar with plow fields and pull wagons, not house chickens???