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[Granny368W]

Wonderful! 

Thank you, I'll take a few more pictures tomorrow....the work we are doing now makes a big difference in the look.....Rae

 

[Sylvester017]

Here's my little hut I made in a hot second out of scrap wood. My friend needed to desperately get rid of a year old hen that was getting picked on. Decided I would give urban chicken raising a try. Not sure how the neighbors feel about it. Back lifts up for easy access to the feed box and nest) Somehow I aquired another one this weekend

Older hen was enjoying the solo life and is having hard time sharing her area.

We were given a solo NHR hen years ago and it was a couple months before we had a little hut for ours. Meanwhile she made a nest hole by the back sliding door under a bush and gave us a brown egg every other day. She had full run of the back yard and vegetable garden all day and went to sleep under her backdoor plant every night - we had a tree but she preferred her little nest hole. She loved picking tomato horned worms off the vines and never bothered the fruit or vegetables themselves. It's nice that you have a 2nd chicken since they are "flock" birds and one has to be the alpha leader. What is your other breed of chicken?

 

[Sylvester017]

Hurray! Contractor says he can finish our ChickenCondos barn coop tomorrow while doing our house remodeling. If he does I'll get some photos! Old coop has a home with friends! This has been a long time coming since March! This is all the farther we got with assembling before realizing we didn't have the correct tools or knowledge to finish assembly on the coop roof, wheels, and additional kennel run. We did ok up to this point but most of the parts (even the two wheels) were too heavy for us to finish assembly. Don't believe it when they advertise a one-person assembly in two hours - hogwash LOL! Such anticipation!




THE OLD COOP BELOW HAS A NEW HOME WITH FRIENDS! SERVED US WELL FOR NEARLY 5 YEARS BY COVERING IT UP FROM SUN AND RAIN AND NOW IT WILL HAVE A NEW HOME WITH 2 HENS.

 

[Granny368W]

Here's a few more pictures, we put sand for the walk way, NO Mud...

 

[Granny368W]

 

[Chipper Chicken]

@clucklady

Here's another fairly recent armoir adaptation.....and the link to the builders page on BYC.....https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1033991/new-member-in-california

Notice she reversed the top and bottom portions.....
She did a great job, looks like a another winner!

How's your project coming along?

 

[WVduckchick]

Here's a few pics of my new building, nestled between 2 coops/runs. The coop on the right houses 8 females/2 males. The automatic door on the run allows them to free-range during the day. The coop on the left is the future home of a flock of 9 lavender orpingtons.
The building is my favorite part. The nest boxes are inside the building, so egg retrieval is easy. The back section of the building can be accessed by the chickens from under the back part of the building walls, but they can't get up into the building itself. The water/feed will be in the rear section, so I'll be inside when I'm filling feeders. The two sides are separated with wire to keep the breeds apart. This also gives them an area other than the coop, to get partially inside during rain and snow, if they want.

Still have water system to finish. Will be a drum inside to feed pvc tubes, with rain water collection from gutters. Hope to get to that part soon.

 

[tiffani day]

 

[clucklady]

My coop is "finished" sort of. I haven't taken pictures yet because it is still a work in progress.

I also modified my armoire. The lady above turned hers upside down. In my case, I live in a high wind area, and I was worried about the armoire getting blown over.

While I was working on the build, it did blow over. As I was looking at it lying on its side, I decided I liked it better that way, so my coop is an armoire laying down. I just put it up on legs and built the run around it with a lame-o roof. I cut up some 1/4" plywood that I had and that is the temporary roof. It leaks like a sieve, which is not normally a problem in my dry desert. But El Nino is coming. I have the whole run, with the armoire coop inside, temporarily covered with a tarp until I have the funds to finish the roof.

I will take pictures and show you what I have as of now.

There is so much room for my 5 hens and 2 chicks in there that I'm considering chicken math ....... I do still have the tiny old coop that would be perfect for chicks ......

My big girls are now 26 weeks and nary an egg from the lot of them. Grrrr.

 

[bruceha2000]

@clucklady

Here's another fairly recent armoir adaptation.....and the link to the builders page on BYC.....https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1033991/new-member-in-california

Boy I sure hope that was a cheap piece of furniture in poor shape! But this picture shows one way of using an armoire in a coop to advantage - easy access nest boxes!

Here's a few pics of my new building, nestled between 2 coops/runs. The coop on the right houses 8 females/2 males. The automatic door on the run allows them to free-range during the day. The coop on the left is the future home of a flock of 9 lavender orpingtons.
The building is my favorite part. The nest boxes are inside the building, so egg retrieval is easy. The back section of the building can be accessed by the chickens from under the back part of the building walls, but they can't get up into the building itself. The water/feed will be in the rear section, so I'll be inside when I'm filling feeders. The two sides are separated with wire to keep the breeds apart. This also gives them an area other than the coop, to get partially inside during rain and snow, if they want.

Still have water system to finish. Will be a drum inside to feed pvc tubes, with rain water collection from gutters. Hope to get to that part soon.

You have 10 chickens in the little coop to the right???