post your chicken coop pictures here!

[heartsizedfarm]

Finished up construction of the coop, but by the looks of other coops in this thread we need to get down to business on decorating!! Functions great and girls are happy

Quite clear which is their favourite nesting box!

 

[heartsizedfarm]

well my dh is working hard for our new coop, we put side walls up yesterday morning, then he put up studs for back and front, we then put texter 111 on both, this morning he went out and put 2 windows in. i am sure he is going to tell me this is the last coop to be built,

That's a nice roomy space! How many chooks are going to get to enjoy that?

 

[gilcamp4]

That's a nice roomy space! How many chooks are going to get to enjoy that?

not sure which ones are going in but we have 58 chickens and we have the camper coop which we have 28 in it and we are going to opening the gate up and just let them go to see who is going to the new coop.

 

[AmyBrake]

 

[waynem1983]

Same question, how old are they? Any grown chicken including bantams can get to 40 cm. The  access "perch" in front of my nest boxes is higher than that. The only reason I can think of for a grown bird to not use a high roost is if they can not get down. They need to "hop" to lower supports (do NOT have to be 2x4 on the flat for that) or fly down and for flying they need horizontal distance ~ 2x the height of the roost minimum, they are not helicopters.



Bruce

thanks for coming back on this. I have been a little worried about this. I only got them last week. If im honest I think this little hut is just too small for them, even though I only have the 2. They are both around a year old, so full grown and should know how this works by now!

I have attached some photos of the inside. The was no nest box inside so I built a small on as a temporary option, but in doing so I dont think I have left enough room for them to flap their way up. I assumed that at only 30cm high, they could simply jump on the nest box and onto the roost, but after checking the freshly painted roost bars, there is not a mark or scratch on them, so still assume they are not using it.

I do plan on building a proper nest box on the outside, this will open up more than enough space for me to build a small ramp. Bear in mind, during daylight hours the doors are always open, so this is sleep space only.

im busy sectioning off another part of the garden, in which im going to build another coop, I have just ordered the feathered boards, this one will be 5ft x 5ft, but on reflection, I will use the larger coop for my BO's (and get a few more! ) and use this smaller hut for the 3 smaller hybrids I will be getting.

 

[heartsizedfarm]

I like that gnarly branch for roosting.

 

[DoubleMM]

Trying out the new run



Yes they are in there... hesitant



One step at a time.

The new hatch





Built it this morning...

 

[cc-robinson]

Cute coop! I wonder if you could plant grapes to get the vines (and have the side benefit of fruit)   Don't know about your soil/water/light conditions... or even if you like grapes...

 

[cc-robinson]

Thanks. ...we have Muscadine grapes all over our property. There are a lot of vineyards around too ;-)

 

[AmyBrake]

Thanks! Our kids thought it would be a good addition we also put two branches in their run which they love!