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[TherryChicken]

T jordan I like doumor as its cheaper, however my hens wont eat the pellets and waste so much feed with crumbles. Also I found that my hens egg shells were really weak and broke easily. So I switched to purina layena layer pellets.

 

[jtbass2756]

Good point about the chicken wire... We are only going to use that for our vent areas and a drop down net on the door for hot weather. We have heavy duty fencing around our run area...

Please be careful with your "chicken wire". My son thought his would be ok with this double layered stuff. In all fairness, he is a career military and only had a weekend to get up a new run...something saw the opportnity! it tore the wire all to pieces and was small enough to walk right on thru the hog wire....but big enough to eat 6-8 of his young pullets...

 

[TJordan]

I think "lower AL" is Alabama.... Alaska is AK....  But still, there are plenty of predators in Alabama as well. I concur with the wire choice as well... you really need 1/2" Hardware cloth for the lower couple of feet of the run as a minimum. You can use larger dimension wire like general 1 x 2 to 1 x 4 (heavy duty) wire fencing for the apron (underground portion to prevent diggers and above the hardware cloth to the top of the run. But the lowest 2-3 feet of the enclosure fencing is the most dangerous area for your birds.

The most commonly stated way to attach the hardware cloth is with screws and fender washers, but you can also use "poultry" staples.  NOT the staples you put in a hand held staple gun or pneumatic stapler, but the "U" shaped ones that you need to hammer in.  The screws and washers give a pretty decent look/appearance in my opinion, but are MUCH more expensive than simple poultry staples. (Always reminding myself; "It's JUST a chicken coop!")

Thanks everyone... It might cost a few extra $$ but we will get the hardware cloth... I think running it up about 2.5 -3 feet along the fence and then like the picture bringing it out a foot in the ground will be our best bet to protect our birds... And yes.. Lower AL is for Alabama ...

 

[yanxa75]

These are some really awesome coops!! I wish I would have come across these while I was building my coops. The top is a tractor. It's 10'x4'x6' tall. The bottom is just a roosting box for my Guinea's. Sorry, for some reason the pics just won't load!! I will try again later.

 

[iwiw60]

I think "lower AL" is Alabama.... Alaska is AK.... But still, there are plenty of predators in Alabama as well. I concur with the wire choice as well... you really need 1/2" Hardware cloth for the lower couple of feet of the run as a minimum. You can use larger dimension wire like general 1 x 2 to 1 x 4 (heavy duty) wire fencing for the apron (underground portion to prevent diggers and above the hardware cloth to the top of the run. But the lowest 2-3 feet of the enclosure fencing is the most dangerous area for your birds.

The most commonly stated way to attach the hardware cloth is with screws and fender washers, but you can also use "poultry" staples. NOT the staples you put in a hand held staple gun or pneumatic stapler, but the "U" shaped ones that you need to hammer in. The screws and washers give a pretty decent look/appearance in my opinion, but are MUCH more expensive than simple poultry staples. (Always reminding myself; "It's JUST a chicken coop!")

Quote: YIKES! That's what I get for posting at 5 am and only on my first cuppa!!!

 

[DoubleMM]

These are some really awesome coops!! I wish I would have come across these while I was building my coops. The top is a tractor. It's 10'x4'x6' tall. The bottom is just a roosting box for my Guinea's.

Utilizing chicken math... we can extrapolate...

"You'll be building a new, extra or at the very least addition to your current coop"... You may still get to use some of those ideas you like.

 

[TJordan]

[COLOR=B22222]YIKES! That's what I get for posting at 5 am and only on my first cuppa!!! [/COLOR]

I am always in trouble if I try to think before my second cup...

 

[TJordan]

Utilizing chicken math... we can extrapolate...

"You'll be building a new, extra or at the very least addition to your current coop"... You may still get to use some of those ideas you like.

You will be building it IF you are not waiting on a procrastinator.

 

[billkaroly]

I made a short little video of our coop if you are interested.

 

[iwiw60]

I made a short little video of our coop if you are interested.

That is a dang good job you've done! Love the colors, your flock looks very content in their "digs" !! I especially liked all the handprints on the nesting boxes...too cute! As I was watching I noticed your handmade fly trap bottles...I've never seen them done up like that...the ones I've always seen are like this example:

Could that be why you haven't caught that many yet? Just thinkin' .. couldn't really tell in the video....wishing you all the very best!!