post your chicken coop pictures here!

[ShrekDawg]

I give up, im not posting any more unless im on my desktop :-((((((((((((((((((

Aw sorry it's not working it usually always works for me :/ but sometimes it gets stuck on the black screen and you just have to be patient and not touch it lol

 

[gpeters3]

I didn't think of that but that is a lot of bending down to collect eggs but it also seems like an organized system and nice brooder box above

or so i think?

I should also note mine are floor level to them but outside access for me. Though the coop sits on the ground (well on 2x6s and cinder blocks) so I wonder if it will be a little low for me to collect them but oh well

Here is a pic of my layout:



I have a work area behind the nest and feeder area (in the coop) with access panels to service everything including collecting eggs. This design uses the least space in the coop floor, keeps the feeders cleaner due to being covered and they can't perch over them and I can get the eggs standing up. Granted, I have to pick up the kids so they can collect them but I'm still able to do that ) Right now you can see the roost perches in front of the nests. There are two bars but I'm thinking about converting it to the new design in my run with 3 rungs, all the same distance from each other and fitting within a 3' depth space. The bottom rung is still 20" off the floor so they can run around under it retaining all my floor space. The chicken wire over the nest boxes is flush with the front of the boxes so they have no place to perch and they have all learned to roost on the perches now so the nests stay clean.

BTW, a lot more of the chicks are getting up on the second rung now, (in the run, the pic is in the coop with the hens) I'm getting excited )

Sorry about the editor rant, I just hate it when they update stuff, nothing works after that :-(( (I'm using my desktop now)

 

[ShrekDawg]

Here is a pic of my layout: I have a work area behind the nest and feeder area (in the coop) with access panels to service everything including collecting eggs. This design uses the least space in the coop floor, keeps the feeders cleaner due to being covered and they can't perch over them and I can get the eggs standing up. Granted, I have to pick up the kids so they can collect them but I'm still able to do that ) Right now you can see the roost perches in front of the nests. There are two bars but I'm thinking about converting it to the new design in my run with 3 rungs, all the same distance from each other and fitting within a 3' depth space. The bottom rung is still 20" off the floor so they can run around under it retaining all my floor space. The chicken wire over the nest boxes is flush with the front of the boxes so they have no place to perch and they have all learned to roost on the perches now so the nests stay clean. BTW, a lot more of the chicks are getting up on the second rung now, (in the run, the pic is in the coop with the hens) I'm getting excited ) Sorry about the editor rant, I just hate it when they update stuff, nothing works after that :-(( (I'm using my desktop now)

Wow I love that set up! Looks great And aw it's okay! I hadnt noticed they edited anything. Though i did get this error last night and couldn't get on. Usually i refresh or close the browser and it works fine but i refreshed the page, typed the address over and over, tried a different section of the site, tried accessing through google search rather than typing it in the address bar, refreshed the page, closed rhe page and browser, cleared my history, etc., basically I tried everything lol maybe they were working on the site? Ive gotten this message before but like i said, usually i can resolve it.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: I would hesitate to store food in direct contact with the treated wood, as there is a risk of copper leaching from the wood to the food, but I personally would not hesitate storing hay on skids over a pressure treated floor or even a painted pressure treated floor after it dries and cures fully... The copper in current pressure treated wood is not something that goes airborne and thus it won't jump from the wood to the food unless physical contact is made or the wood is ignited/burned...

I tried to answer last night but BYC wouldnt let me post....

This is what i am reading as well....
I am using pallets on the ground right now. and they work for able bodied people. But I am afraid of stepping on one and having the wood crack and me fall. I get about with a walker so the plywood deck would give me working space a place to use my Rolling walker when I need it and sturdy enough that I can walk on it.

the hay will be on rails of sorts made of two by fours. fastened to the deck... off the deck for air circulation, but set so that the hay can be slid along the rails.... I cant lift a bale but I can drag one they weight ranges 120 and 135. I am concerned with the chaff. sweeping it up to have a clean floor and giving it to the horse. I would be using pressure treated wood for the supports and ground contact. and Will start out with one wall to keep my darling daughter from serving herself..... she can lift a bale and Almost get it over the fence.... :

we have to stack it low like one level and keep it four feet away from the fence.... The shelter overhangs the pipe corral by eight feet so I want a deck to run the full width and eight feet out. So when I have to drag a bale over I can just open the gate and tip it in her "dish" Ideally I should be stacking the hay against her fence to keep it dry for the rare times it does rain up here... So plywood would be fastened to the fence and a lid of sorts so she cant reach over...

This discussion applies to chicken coop construction as well in a round about way. Materials we choose for environmental reason need to be researched and a plan made as to the best course of action. Anything that touches the ground should be pressure treated or made of a material that is naturally resistant to rot and to insect infestation... termites and carpenter ants come to mind in my area. They live here year round and need a bit of rotted wood to get started.

Cedar is a good choice for materials but There are several different species... one is very aeromatic and is caustic to small animals like chickens.... Another is just as resistant but doesnt have the aeromatic qualites.

deb

 

[TJordan]

Ok. Roosters gone. I've pulled down the messed up coop to a decent degree, added DE to the run and will add some hay and mix everything around. Let it sit over night and add a roost bar, feeder and water then my bigger 5week olds will be going outside. I have to wait to replace that wire for hardware cloth but God willing that will be this weekend. This will allow them to see the bigger birds and get a little bigger before I add them to the not quite ready new coop and run.

 

[gpeters3]

Wow I love that set up! Looks great

And aw it's okay! I hadnt noticed they edited anything. Though i did get this error last night and couldn't get on. Usually i refresh or close the browser and it works fine but i refreshed the page, typed the address over and over, tried a different section of the site, tried accessing through google search rather than typing it in the address bar, refreshed the page, closed rhe page and browser, cleared my history, etc., basically I tried everything lol maybe they were working on the site? Ive gotten this message before but like i said, usually i can resolve it.

I didnt get any message, the editor just disapeared with all mt text

 

[TJordan]

Ok. I decided to go in and bust up those hard clumps, take out compostable stuff and mix the DE in really good. I added some roosts and then 4 of my bigger babies. If anything does happen I would rather just a few vs all my bigger babies. If alls well in the morning I will add the rest of the 29 5 week olds.

Pictures soon.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I didnt get any message, the editor just disapeared with all mt text

So weird! I wasn't trying to post anything with this, just trying to open the website

 

[MeepBeep]

Though i did get this error last night and couldn't get on. Usually i refresh or close the browser and it works fine but i refreshed the page, typed the address over and over, tried a different section of the site, tried accessing through google search rather than typing it in the address bar, refreshed the page, closed rhe page and browser, cleared my history, etc., basically I tried everything lol maybe they were working on the site? Ive gotten this message before but like i said, usually i can resolve it.

The sever either intentionally or by error was partially disabled last night, thus the 503 error... It was still up and running partially thus it's ability to serve up the error but it was not functional enough to access the forum...

 

[MeepBeep]

I am using pallets on the ground right now.   and they work for able bodied people.  But I am afraid of stepping on one and having the wood crack and me fall.

I fully understand that, I try to avoid stepping on the pallets as well, and thus pick them up and stack them off to the side as I use the hay... But, again that is more applicable to able bodied people...

So plywood would be fastened to the fence and a lid of sorts so she cant reach over...

I stack mine in the barn against the solid 'kick wall' that separates the animals from the hay, and I then I stretched some 3' tall welded wire fence above the kick wall to stop the llamas and goats from reaching over for snacks...