That is a very nice coop.
Yeah, here's the view from inside. Still have to put up a screen in the big hole to make an infirmary, and I'm told we are putting curtains on the nests.
post your chicken coop pictures here!
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Thank you.
Be sure to check the story of the whole build.
The link should be right about...
<--- ...here!
Feedback is always welcome, especially the negative kind because it forces me to rethink my solutions.
*Edit* Crap, I missed the link by two rows.
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Yes...there is a large door that opens to a small run and the automatic door is at the top of their ramp to get to the roost area. I do free range. The greatest benefit to having the auto door is knowing they are locked up if I'm not home or if I want to sleep past 5am., they can walk around the bottom area. I am extra cautious of predators and also have another penned area around the coops....with low voltage fencing! Never lost a chicken to a predator!!
Cool ramp design.Almost done but here is mine Dual coop/run setup after having to expand from the small store bought coop to building one of my own
Some coop construction pics
Here you can see the little coop I had to start with. Wont really fit 4 Large foul (4 Delawares) and I also got 2 Buff Orps that are about a month younger than the ones already outside So I needed something where I could add new birds
Here is a pic of the coops and runs together and the birds getting to explore them
A question regarding the early mornings... Why do people feel the need to let their livestock out at ungodly hours? I've always found that most animals can be conditioned to living with a rhythm you find more suitable yourself. I open the coop around 9 in the morning and close it around midnight.
I agree with you chicken wire is useless. Animals can rip it to easy.Don't worry,, I would not use this wire if it were given to me......it was my son's.. can't tell them anything sometimes!I use 1/4" hardware wire on everything! Chicken wire is useless as far as I'm concerned!!!
Do you have a source connection for these?
No,but we used to own a boat, so I'm familiar with the products.
I can see the benefit of an automatic door especially in snow country. You have the double security issue covered. You probably have battery backup during outages.
I like the interesting build on your nestbox. It comes away fron the wall a few inches before the lid begins to slope down. What did you do to keep melting snow or rain from getting into the outside nestboxes we inquiring minds want to know as that's been quite a topic on this thread of late.
We chose not to have anything automatic as we like to personally check the girls first thing in the a.m. and last thing in the p.m. Because ours free-range the backyard we don't keep feed in the coop so the girls are hungry at 5 a.m. and are very patient watching us in the yard as we set up their clean water and feed for the day - let's them know who feeds them LOL. We're just doing it the old-fashioned way with people power while we can still walk LOL
Since we stopped keeping feed in the pen we've not had critter, bug, or rodent problems. At lockup we feel personally comfortable that no critter is in the coop with them or spot a hen that might have an injury or illness. Chickens succumb to so many things, hide it as long as they can, and when the symptoms show up it may have been going on a while. There've been a couple times in the a.m. that we found a lethargic hen and it gave us ample time to schedule a same-day vet appt.
We also have a lot of power outages and cloudy days certain times of the year in our city so would need backup power for the electronic thingies. We once were out of power for 5 days while the electric company took care of the self-important neighborhoods first while the majority neighborhoods sweltered in 100-degree weather and watched their freezer food melt. A lot of communities rely on power to pump water to neighborhoods living on hills - a dangerous situation during fires in those regions when the power goes out. Even our fancy-shmancy new telephone company system relies on electricity and their backup battery box installed in the house only lasts a few hours. Good reason to have a cell-phone but have to use a car battery to recharge it in a couple days if there's no electricity. Backup batteries only last so long so it's a good reason to have some kind of heavy duty self-generator on hand. Those are the kind of situations the police, fire dept, or utilties can't really help. Talk about needing to be self-sufficient!
I personally don't trust electronic thingies but I bet in snow country I would!
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