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[Recoop]

Best feature is the sliding leaves for the floor that allow for very easy cleaning.

 

[Sylvester017]

He has plenty of room to add a second run (if necessary) on the back side of the coop where the Garlic sits now. Once the Garlic is harvested it will also aid as an free range area for the gals to dig around! I don't like to use paver stones as it prevents the gals from enjoying dirt baths and digging for goodies. It also gives critters like mice moles and rats a place to dig and hide under. Id like to see him add some cheap basic fencing around his veggie garden so his birds can free range all summer long..Like everything else it costs a small fortune.

We built a patio with paver stones and used paver stones around and under the coop skids about 1/2 foot into the coop but the floor inside the coop is dirt. Having a paver stone area around the coop meant we didn't have to dig a foot deep with hardwire to keep out raccoons or digging predators - they can't dig through 2 inches of cement blocks. In the city we don't have coyotes or foxes or even skunks but there are sometimes stray dogs, opossums at night, and some goat-sized raccoons we've seen coming out of the city sidewalk storm drains and we've seen them in broad daylight in the middle of the golf course too. We've seen a mouse and some baby rats chased or shredded by the hens. The garden lizards manage to hide fast and haven't been caught yet. One chicken likes to chase stray cats out of the yard. The hens know how to dive for cover from our resident Cooper's Hawk and sound the alarm. We keep a 60-watt equivalent night light on in the patio where the coop is and it seems to deter large critters, cats, rodents, etc in the yard. We have an automatic yard light but every little blowing leaf would set it on-and-off so much during the night it was annoying. The steady light is better and low-wattage economically.

Our girls are free-range from dawn to dusk and to keep them out of our raised garden bed areas we used 2-foot tall rabbit fencing and the hens respect the barrier even though they can easily jump or fly over it. In fact they can easily fly out of the yard but never do. Never had to clip their wings. They just stay in their established area. Of course they have lots of lean-to's and a dog house to snooze/hide under in the open yard and a popup canopy for shade or protection from rain. They know better than to leave a yard where all their yummy feed and treats are.

The expense is the hardest part. It's good we aren't smokers or drinkers or travelers as that saves some expense we can put into our chickens. In a couple years we plan to get a new coop with a pitched roof instead of the flat-roof little coop we have now. It was a good coop for 3 years but in a couple years it will need replacing. Chicken housing is never done. We're always modifying, adding, refinishing, etc. Never done!

 

[Sylvester017]

Best feature is the sliding leaves for the floor that allow for very easy cleaning.

There are so many wonderfully creative people on this thread. This is so darn cute and unique!

 

[crowcreek]

This has got to be my favourite!!!! Beautiful.

This is so awesome! I want one!!!!!!!!

 

[cyndilynn]

Still wiring on it. Almost done. Moving the girls out there this weekend. We will get the run done next week for them.

 

[jtbass2756]

We built a patio with paver stones and used paver stones around and under the coop skids about 1/2 foot into the coop but the floor inside the coop is dirt. Having a paver stone area around the coop meant we didn't have to dig a foot deep with hardwire to keep out raccoons or digging predators - they can't dig through 2 inches of cement blocks. In the city we don't have coyotes or foxes or even skunks but there are sometimes stray dogs, opossums at night, and some goat-sized raccoons we've seen coming out of the city sidewalk storm drains and we've seen them in broad daylight in the middle of the golf course too. We've seen a mouse and some baby rats chased or shredded by the hens. The garden lizards manage to hide fast and haven't been caught yet. One chicken likes to chase stray cats out of the yard. The hens know how to dive for cover from our resident Cooper's Hawk and sound the alarm. We keep a 60-watt equivalent night light on in the patio where the coop is and it seems to deter large critters, cats, rodents, etc in the yard. We have an automatic yard light but every little blowing leaf would set it on-and-off so much during the night it was annoying. The steady light is better and low-wattage economically.

Our girls are free-range from dawn to dusk and to keep them out of our raised garden bed areas we used 2-foot tall rabbit fencing and the hens respect the barrier even though they can easily jump or fly over it. In fact they can easily fly out of the yard but never do. Never had to clip their wings. They just stay in their established area. Of course they have lots of lean-to's and a dog house to snooze/hide under in the open yard and a popup canopy for shade or protection from rain. They know better than to leave a yard where all their yummy feed and treats are.

The expense is the hardest part. It's good we aren't smokers or drinkers or travelers as that saves some expense we can put into our chickens. In a couple years we plan to get a new coop with a pitched roof instead of the flat-roof little coop we have now. It was a good coop for 3 years but in a couple years it will need replacing. Chicken housing is never done. We're always modifying, adding, refinishing, etc. Never done!

Sounds like to me you have everything under control and have thought thru everything....safety, and of course with the chicken math the way it is....the future!! Because the new one will have to be a little bit bigger you know..LOL

 

[iwiw60]

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Still wiring on it. Almost done. Moving the girls out there this weekend. We will get the run done next week for them.[/QUOTE]
I'll bet your girls will be happy-happy-happy!! I know mine will when I get them moved out to the coop that was JUST finished yesterday...well, almost finished. Still have door handles to put on and finish up the window more. But then I'm getting a load of construction-grade sand for the floor, putting up the roost, etc., and in they go! Poor girls, they are literally "stuffed" inside their brooder box...they want out, and SO DO I!! [IMG]https://www.backyardchickens.com/styles/byc-smilies/yippiechickie.gif

 

[LindaB220]

We built a patio with paver stones and used paver stones around and under the coop skids about 1/2 foot into the coop but the floor inside the coop is dirt. Having a paver stone area around the coop meant we didn't have to dig a foot deep with hardwire to keep out raccoons or digging predators - they can't dig through 2 inches of cement blocks. In the city we don't have coyotes or foxes or even skunks but there are sometimes stray dogs, opossums at night, and some goat-sized raccoons we've seen coming out of the city sidewalk storm drains and we've seen them in broad daylight in the middle of the golf course too. We've seen a mouse and some baby rats chased or shredded by the hens. The garden lizards manage to hide fast and haven't been caught yet. One chicken likes to chase stray cats out of the yard. The hens know how to dive for cover from our resident Cooper's Hawk and sound the alarm. We keep a 60-watt equivalent night light on in the patio where the coop is and it seems to deter large critters, cats, rodents, etc in the yard. We have an automatic yard light but every little blowing leaf would set it on-and-off so much during the night it was annoying. The steady light is better and low-wattage economically.

Our girls are free-range from dawn to dusk and to keep them out of our raised garden bed areas we used 2-foot tall rabbit fencing and the hens respect the barrier even though they can easily jump or fly over it. In fact they can easily fly out of the yard but never do. Never had to clip their wings. They just stay in their established area. Of course they have lots of lean-to's and a dog house to snooze/hide under in the open yard and a popup canopy for shade or protection from rain. They know better than to leave a yard where all their yummy feed and treats are.

The expense is the hardest part. It's good we aren't smokers or drinkers or travelers as that saves some expense we can put into our chickens. In a couple years we plan to get a new coop with a pitched roof instead of the flat-roof little coop we have now. It was a good coop for 3 years but in a couple years it will need replacing. Chicken housing is never done. We're always modifying, adding, refinishing, etc. Never done!

You have your priorities straight. I have one daughter that has a dog grooming business. Never takes a day off. Works herself to death. But so happy. Another is a nurse and married to a businessman. Same lack of money but they are going to London for 2 weeks this summer. Guess who is happier?

 

[roostercantrell]

Here is mine..I'm almost done.

love the design really great. Are you a building designer or did u get the plan off the internet

 

[sled483]

Wherever wherever wherever wherever did you find that wonderful Gazebo Pen with canopy? I've never seen one like it before! 

You are really moving fast getting that shed fixed up!

I found it at Tractor Supply but bought it on eBay. They had the best price and free shipping. It's called Advantek Pet Gazebo. It's 5x5x5. The cover is reversible. Brown to draw heat in, White to reflect it. I was able to put it together alone but it would go faster and be easier for 2 people. The only bad part it is heavy. I'd say 60-80 lbs. It won't be blown away though.