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[TeriMarie]

Newly finished Alaskan coop...

 

[TeriMarie]

Alaskan coop...we are new to chickens and learned as we went along!

 

[TeriMarie]

 

[iwiw60]

VERY nice!! Good work!

 

[OldMcContri]

@iwiw60 Thank you first of all. The roof is going to overhang the nest box about 4 inches, however I am still undecided whether I want to make the nest box top accessible or back side accessible. If I go with the back side accessible option, I can always add flashing on the angle, but if I go for top accessible I can always .... I wouldn't know what to do to keep the water out. Any ideas?

 

[chic mitch]

Almost done. First chickens ever coming Friday.

 

[vehve]

@iwiw60 Thank you first of all. The roof is going to overhang the nest box about 4 inches, however I am still undecided whether I want to make the nest box top accessible or back side accessible. If I go with the back side accessible option, I can always add flashing on the angle, but if I go for top accessible I can always .... I wouldn't know what to do to keep the water out. Any ideas?

Go with the side accessible, that way you can make the lid form a table to place your egg basket while you collect your spoils.

 

[Agnlaw]

Work in progress... Start with a firm budget. Nail a few boards together. Revise plan. Repeat process until your coop cost comes to no less them 3x your original budget. When 80% complete, relocate the hens from the garage to make your wife stop complaining about the smell. Put off completion to allow wife sufficient opportunity to complain about yet another incomplete project. Realize it will take about 50 years of eggs to recoup your investment. Then realize it was never about eggs; and that you can't put a price on the enjoyment of the hobby.

 

[iwiw60]

Go with the side accessible, that way you can make the lid form a table to place your egg basket while you collect your spoils.

I agree. If you still have the 'choice' at this point, by all means make it accessible from the side...too many chances of leakage into the coop if the lid's on top...good luck!!

 

[vehve]

Work in progress... Start with a firm budget. Nail a few boards together. Revise plan. Repeat process until your coop cost comes to no less them 3x your original budget. When 80% complete, relocate the hens from the garage to make your wife stop complaining about the smell. Put off completion to allow wife sufficient opportunity to complain about yet another incomplete project. Realize it will take about 50 years of eggs to recoup your investment. Then realize it was never about eggs; and that you can't put a price on the enjoyment of the hobby.

Quick calculation. I put about 900 euros into the coop, hens, incubator and other stuff. Here they charge 2,50€ for 6 organic eggs, comes to about 42 cents per egg. Let's say 45 to make it easy, so I need 2000 eggs to get back my investment. With 6 hens laying maybe 180 eggs per year per hen, I get 1080 eggs in a year. Factoring in feed cost, they'll be paying for themselves in about 2 years. Not actually that bad, and it's quite small scale. With a bigger coop and more hens the cost per egg would go down. Comparing to battery hen eggs it would take closer to five years.

Nice work with the coop.