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[tail_feather]

This is our chicken coop. I stripped the typical "Barn Style" storage shed on a concrete slab down to the studs. I framed in windows, framed in a regular walk-thru door on the front. Added a front porch and run on the back. Insulated the walls and roof. My mother-in-law painted the inside. Oh! And I gave them their own black picket fence. It's nothing fancy, but it's functional and fun. I hope you enjoy it!

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I really like that

 

[Sylvester017]

This is our chicken coop. I stripped the typical "Barn Style" storage shed on a concrete slab down to the studs. I framed in windows, framed in a regular walk-thru door on the front. Added a front porch and run on the back. Insulated the walls and roof. My mother-in-law painted the inside. Oh! And I gave them their own black picket fence. It's nothing fancy, but it's functional and fun. I hope you enjoy it!

That's fancier than anything I've got! Very nice.

 

[tail_feather]

Thank you!

 

[gpeters3]

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Every time i have people help me with !arge projects i have things not done the way i want so i tend to work by myself as much as possible. A very good friend and professional contractor helped me wall my second story and cut gable ends to fit when my plan was to extend them up to form a solid wall on the addition. He was picturing the finished product differently and had already cut the angle before i could stop him. I didnt have enough material to replace it. Caused me a lot of extra work but i never told him. I appreciate the help i get, sometimes it is more than i can supervise. I will never tell a friend he didnt do it the way i wanted, friends are too precious.

 

[gpeters3]

I'd put hens in the run and chicks in the coop

Only 5 hens, 17 chicks including 4 turkeys. Its just a better fit. Ill modify the brood pens and tip them on their sides to give them adequate cover. Eventually (just before winter) i will open the ramp to the run and they can mingle.

 

[bigmrg74]

Where did you find that 6 foot deer fencing at?? I've been using some 5 foot stuff as a portable fence for around my tractor and I would like to find another roll or 2 of it to make the pen bigger and perhaps have a pen for the meat birds I want to do this year. All I've seen around here is just the 7 foot stuff.

Went and collected some supplies for the hoop coop I'm planning to build this spring. Got most of it save for some plywood as it was raining pretty good and with as much lumber and cattle panels I had, would just be easier to get that later. TSC had a dollar off of cattle panels right now so I thought it was a good day to pick those up. as an added bonus, I was able to find that same 5 foot vinyl deer netting that I've been using for portable fencing at TSC as well. Now all I gotta do is put together some more portable stands to hold the fence up for the meat birds, or just add it to the other fence.

 

[ShrekDawg]

This is our chicken coop. I stripped the typical "Barn Style" storage shed on a concrete slab down to the studs. I framed in windows, framed in a regular walk-thru door on the front. Added a front porch and run on the back. Insulated the walls and roof. My mother-in-law painted the inside. Oh! And I gave them their own black picket fence. It's nothing fancy, but it's functional and fun. I hope you enjoy it!

I LOVE it!!!! So cute!!!!

 

[junebuggena]

This is our chicken coop. I stripped the typical "Barn Style" storage shed on a concrete slab down to the studs. I framed in windows, framed in a regular walk-thru door on the front. Added a front porch and run on the back. Insulated the walls and roof. My mother-in-law painted the inside. Oh! And I gave them their own black picket fence. It's nothing fancy, but it's functional and fun. I hope you enjoy it!

It's very pretty, but you insulated both the walls and the ceiling? In Alabama? I hope you added lots of ventilation. Those windows are too low to be effective. Chickens don't need to be protected from cold. As long as they are kept dry and have good air flow above roosting height, they can handle temps well below freezing.

 

[MeepBeep]

It's very pretty, but you insulated both the walls and the ceiling? In Alabama? I hope you added lots of ventilation. Those windows are too low to be effective

In warm climates insulation is used to keep the heat out from the sun beating down on the exterior surfaces... The cross breeze created by those windows opposite each other at ground level can be very effective at cooling by themselves... But, I would encourage installing roof vents or gable vents to allow the trapped hot air up high to get out as well as the trapped ammonia gasses (ammonia gases are lighter then air) to get out...