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[Sylvester017]

ok we are getting there for our new coop, we have 58 chickens 52 are in the camper coop and 6 are in our screen room, which i wan back, also made a dec for he outside wall, have to go get more paint to finish the outside,




hope to do yard tomorrow.

Outstanding coop build guys!
Your decorations remind me of my country kitchen - 8,5 x 23 feet of walls, counters, table, and furniture covered in chicken themed objects and fabrics. With the leftover chicken design fabrics we made chicken diapers for any invalid hens we have to keep indoors for awhile.
You are going to absolutely enjoy that setup you have!

 

[jtbass2756]

We have just about completed our new coop. Few minor details left. Designed it with the help of wichita Chicken coop and Chicken palace plans. ItT was the first time my husband and I have ever done anything like this together. Since I'm retired and had more time, I ordered/picked up all of the materials. I was so proud of myself as we had very little waste. Just enough to make a brooder. Chicks come July 21st. More details on the coop are in this article: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/clamser-coop-started-on-05-02-2014

That's just a down right great job!! I love both designs and finished coop/brooder! Smart job ... both of you! !!

 

[Sylvester017]

Moved the 32 chicks out of their 12 square foot brooder into the first of the 2 coops I'm building. The interior is for the most part finished, but I do need to do the exterior trim, paint, and then build the run, and THEN instal the pop doors for each side. That will all happen over the next couple of weeks, then I'll get to work on completing coop #2


I'll do better pictures of the chicks later. I didn't realize until a short while ago that the camera focused on the netting rather than the birds.


Each pen is basically 6' x 6' of floor space. The chicks are 4 weeks old and there are about 16 in each side. As soon as I get the 2nd coop built (identical to this one) there will be ~ 8 birds in each section. I hope to have both coops and runs completed before the roosters discover their real life's purpose

Hi - beautiful build and sections! I'm assuming you'll collect eggs from inside? Egg boxes look too high if it were me trying to get eggs from outside the box but then you're probably in snow country and will go inside the coop most of the time. We have so little yard space your two coops wouldn't leave us any room for foraging grass in our small space. Lucky you to have all that room!!

 

[Sylvester017]

Here is the coop I built last year. It has worked out great. I have two nesting boxes on each side. There are three perches up high for them to roost at night. I also have a place to hang their drinker and feeder.

With the two doors I can reach all around inside to clean or catch crazy wild chickens!.

It is also modular, I made it in three sections so it would be easy to move and clean.

If you free-range the hens during the day they don't need much room in a coop - they only use it to lay their eggs and roost at night. You also have your feed and water inside so it's a sweet setup. Only suggestion is to eventually consider putting hardwire over that flimsy poultry wire. I could've lost my flock to flimsy poultry wire when stray dogs attacked - good neighbor chased them off but not before they mangled the poultry wire with their teeth and claws.

 

[Sylvester017]

We used a 10x12 shed kit from 84 Lumber and added the overhangs. The attached coop is from the Purina web site and was simple to make. I use the shed for gardening and to store chicken supplies so the girls don't get the run of it. The deck and picket fence was my husband's idea. Funny, he wasn't real hot on getting chickens but I now see him slip out and feed them raisins with one or two chickens cuddling on his lap. LOL!

Good luck with your new coop!

My DH completely took over the chicken care. At first it was just to give treats, and now he collects eggs, cleans out the nestboxes, shovels the coop floor, sets out their feed and clean water, lets them out in the morning and closes them up at night - even on the days he goes to his job. I hardly ever see our ladies any more! Any time I suggest freezer camp for one of our bully hens he works to re-home them instead!

 

[Sylvester017]

I think everybody realized it was a joke when you told him to do a 2000 sq ft run.

Don't laugh! That's what my folks had on their property when they had chickens, ducks, and geese. They eventually had to divide up the chickens from the ducks because the ducks were messy in the water and the chickens drank it instead of their clean water. Anyway, 2000 sq ft isn't all that much if you have 50 Babcock Leghorns, a flock of ducks, and a gaggle of geese (or is that goose?).

 

[Sylvester017]

did more painting tonight, got DH to do the top part same as bottom, he said he would do it in the morning, then i told him to put it together i would paint it then he could put it on the top door, will look like a barn door, think chickens are ready to move, went in tonight to check for eggs, only got 8 today yesterday and Sunday got 9 each day, not sure what is going on we have 23 that should be laying, have a few think they are going to set but we have to many already, we have been taken them off nest and putting them out side, tonight i went to go in yard and one of the black sex-link hens jumped on my arm well there was blood everywhere, i am on blood thinner so that made it worse, told DH i will have to go in with long selves'

Sometimes things like lice/mites/worms can interfere with good laying. We have our hens on a regular health maintenance routine for lice/mites/worms as those seem to be the primary causes for drop in egg production affecting a flock at once. Once a month we use Poultry Protector (organic) for the lice/mites prevention on the hens and on the coop (directions on label) and use a wormer every four months. With wormers it's hard to find one that doesn't require throwing out the eggs for 7 days minimum but it's worth it to have the hens regain good production afterwards. Spring and summer hens should be doing a bang up job of laying and if not, the culprit is usually either lice/mites or worms.

 

[Sylvester017]

OK, new pics that are actually in focus

They survived their first night outside in the coop. When I checked them slightly after dark, they were all in a big ball on the floor in a corner. First, the New Hampshires and White Wyandottes.


Now the Buff Orps and Black Australorps:

Yes, there is one oddball in that mix... That was my mystery chick from McMurray. I think it's a roo, and it appears barred, but I have no idea what it is. Any guesses? My daughter says "It's really pretty!"

I think to myself... It might turn out to be really pretty tasty

If your mystery chick is a BR or Dom it will be very people friendly and talkative. It's a shame it's the only one of its kind in the flock. Our Dom chick was very outgoing before we lost her to a sudden seizure. The breeder said the adults are just as friendly and outgoing as the chicks too.

 

[Sylvester017]

My 8x8 pallet coop. Two months to build but it was fun and chickens like it.

This is one of the nicest yet rustic looking coops I've seen out of pallets. We haven't had luck finding decent used pallets in our area and gave up looking for them - they're usually damaged beyond salvaging before anyone gives them up - not even worth kindling fire.

 

[Sylvester017]

We have just about completed our new coop. Few minor details left. Designed it with the help of wichita Chicken coop and Chicken palace plans. It was the first time my husband and I have ever done anything like this together. Since I'm retired and had more time, I ordered/picked up all of the materials. I was so proud of myself as we had very little waste. Just enough to make a brooder. Chicks come July 21st. More details on the coop are in this article: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/clamser-coop-started-on-05-02-2014

GORGEOUS build. The only thing I would change is having the coop at my back door. Not too fond of donning rain gear to treck across the yard to collect eggs during our gully-washer rainstorms. Ours is about 8 feet from the back sliding door - nothing like being lazy in our old age!