post your chicken coop pictures here!

[DoubleMM]

New screen door is up


Wow new view

 

[TherryChicken]

Can't wait to get a new bigger property. Want to move back to the country then get a big coop with many many chickens

I agree. I want atleast 10 acres. Large coops for different breeding chicken groups, maybe some ducks, my horses, dog, ect..

 

[caychris]

I agree. I want atleast 10 acres. Large coops for different breeding chicken groups, maybe some ducks, my horses, dog, ect..

Yep me too. Would really like to employ some permaculture farm principles and make a fully sustainable place to live.

 

[TherryChicken]

Yep me too. Would really like to employ some permaculture farm principles and make a fully sustainable place to live.

oh yeah I hear ya

 

[Bethel3330]

Its nice to see pictures with a chair in the run, my neighbours think I'm mad but I love to sit and watch them

I can't seem to do much else once I let mine out in the evening!

 

[DSTchickencraze]

I saw a post somewhere on this thread where the builder made his run by first building it in individual panels and then putting it together....making it portable if necessary. I thought that was a great idea. Then you could put a skirt around it with either 1/4" hardware wire or pavers.

Thanks Jtbass! Will look through the pictures and see if I can find some inspiration haha. I'm not the most building inclined, but I'm sure I could figure something out. I'm one of those people that need a very detailed list of instructions on when it comes to building things.

 

[caychris]

I saw a post somewhere on this thread where the builder made his run by first building it in individual panels and then putting it together....making it portable if necessary. I thought that was a great idea. Then you could put a skirt around it with either 1/4" hardware wire or pavers.

Thats kind of how I built my run. It can be disassembled pretty easily if I had to move it. Framed 6' long wall sections with framing 2"x4" My sections are 6'7" high. We built one with 4"x4" verticals on the outsides for the one with the Door. I have 2 coops attached to this central run. 1 is a small prefab coop bought at Costco. The other is one I designed and built to go with the run.

Im in a city residential area with good fencing between neighbors I plan to put pavers around the bottom. Im a little concerned about racoons though I have not seen any in my neighborhood because of the dogs but you never know what the future holds. I don't have doors I can close on the coops yet but its planned. Right now the worst I have to deal with are hawks and owls.

 

[Suzyr]

Here is ours! Its was made by a local builder in the Raleigh area in NC. Its called the "Mini-Cooper." =)

 

[jtbass2756]

Idahodan - forgot to mention a problem I had that you might experience. Your perch is at the same level as the nestboxex. My girls picked the nestboxes to sleep in since the perch on the opposite side was not higher but at the same level as the nestbox ledge. Our coop was custom pre-built and we had no say in its design but you have the option to raise your perch a little higher to discourage nestbox roosting.

This is a point that I came across and am really glad I did. Since mine is a work in progress....I'm going to change the roost situation around a bit to make it higher than the nesting boxes....

 

[jtbass2756]

School house is compete and currently occupied!!!!!




I am happy, my husband is happy and the crazzzzzzy chicks are happy.

What type of paint did you use on the floor and around the lower walls.? Are you still happy with it?