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[TalkALittle]

Firefighter, it looks beautiful as is. I love the natural wood tone.

 

[Bondo Chicks]

I've been thinking about doing a tunnel for my girls. We live close to thick woods and they keep going in there. The problem with that is we have a fox family wondering around those woods and I don't want to provide them with a nice chicken dinner.

What are some of the things I should not do when I build my tunnel?

 

[LesleaInAlabama]

I figured it would be easier to see what I'm working with with a picture of the tree house in the daylight. We're trying to figure out a way to enclose the top level seeing as how we live in rural Alabama and predators are drawn to our 5 acres. The area in the actual tree house is 4x6ft. Would that be enough room for our 13 hens?

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[LesleaInAlabama]

 

[Sylvester017]

Coop finally done now it just needs a coat of paint!

Nice to see the egg boxes protected from rainy runoff! Looks like the human that's collecting eggs will be a bit protected too!

Firefighter, it looks beautiful as is. I love the natural wood tone.

I agree - the natural wood is beautiful - maybe just a clear sealer like Thompson's to protect the wood finish - unless of course you're partial to adding colors to your creation.

 

[Hoggie570]

Starting to look like something. Still have plenty of work left

 

[mOOf]

 

[Latestarter]

I figured it would be easier to see what I'm working with with a picture of the tree house in the daylight. We're trying to figure out a way to enclose the top level seeing as how we live in rural Alabama and predators are drawn to our 5 acres. The area in the actual tree house is 4x6ft. Would that be enough room for our 13 hens?

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Greetings @LesleaInAlabama ! First,

and the thread! What a novel approach to housing chickens! A tree house! Whodathunk?

In answer to your Question, 4' x 6' gives 24 square feet of interior space. Ideally, LF (large fowl) birds really should have a minimum of ~ 3 square feet per bird. The more birds you have, that number can go down a bit because some will pack in close while others will want more "personal space." You should not go below 2 square feet per bird, especially in a really small coop. It gets even worse/more important if you have feed containers and waterers on the floor inside as they eat up space.

As long as your birds are allowed out to stretch, and are not confined inside for long periods, you can probably get away with it, but just pay attention to them to see if they squabble/fight/bully/feather pick/ etc. If that sort of thing is happening, it's time for different breeds, less birds, or a bigger coop. Good luck and nice build!

 

[ErikaFord]

Coop is from Wayfair.com
We attached it to our old swing set covered in chicken wire <3

 

[Dirt4fun]

This is the set up I got for my girls. It's got misters in the yard for the hot days double doors on the far side for easy cleaning. It's fully insulated for the really cold and really hot days.