post your chicken coop pictures here!

[Halokirbs]

We will have 5 but we do not have any yet.

 

[DoubleMM]

We will have 5 but we do not have any yet.

Best to you and your soon to be new chickens

 

[bruceha2000]

Working on my chicken tractor for my bresse trio. Still have to add wire and a metal roof top but I would like your all opinions and suggestions. I'm going to add wheels to the rear at some point but I can drag it around as is for now. Base measures 6 x 4 ft. I'm going to paint it tomorrow before I add the wire. Thinking a nice green to blend into the yard a little.

OK, so far the only suggestions you got were paint related so I'll take a different road. For wheels, get pneumatic ones, they will roll better. And plan a method of raising and lowering them so the frame can sit on the ground when you aren't moving the coop. I remember seeing a plan here on BYC though I don't recall the details. How many chickens? I assume the roost will be on the right side of the picture above, how about the nest box? I don't imagine there is space for more than one. How will it be ventilated? You'll need more than the little triangle at the top of the enclosure.

 

[jtbass2756]

Well.....this is the inside of the people door to my coop.....don't look too bad does it....LOLOL.....don't know whether any of you remember when I said the guy who started my coop didn't use a square or level?

Well, I didn't keep that in mind when I put in the supports,.. I put 1x4's all the way around, complete with L & T brackets!! Lots of screws! WELL......I had planned for my GS to put the door up at the door and let me mark it but he wasn't here today! So I thought I had allowed plenty of room around the door for it to fit...WRONG!

One side was good...the other needed a further setback. I have actually probably built this thing twice so far! Now I have to take this very sturdy door apart tomorrow...but ...I sure know how to put it back together!!!

 

[junior62]

Alright... Here is a pic of my almost finished coop. I took photos if the whole build...a lot of it was build as I went. Got some good ideas from the folks photos here. Took the good from each. Let me know what you think.

 

[bruceha2000]

Alright... Here is a pic of my almost finished coop. I took photos if the whole build...a lot of it was build as I went. Got some good ideas from the folks photos here. Took the good from each. Let me know what you think.

Wow, an invisible coop!

 

[Chickie Baby]

The boys & girls coop! I need a walk in coop

 

[ChickenFox]

Quote: Ok here we go. 3 chickens, 2 pullets and a cockeral, no roost. I know I know I should but this particular design doesn't have the set up for it. After the girls start laying regularly I will add a nest box that extends out through the small back side, ventilation is the 2, 4 inch triangles out of the sides and the entire roof has a 1 inch gap all along it. I will be adding a tin ...not sure of the proper word, but a peaked roof over that section but it won't block the air flow through the gap, just keep the rain and snow from entering it. Did I miss anything so far?

 

[karenhenkel]

Good idea. Thank you.

 

[Kansas]

Here are a few photos of our chicken coop and outdoor pen set-up. For 25 chickens. 24 hens and one rooster. B Orpingtons, SL Wynadottes, RI Reds, and Ameraucanas (Easter eggers).

I bought a barn roof style storage shed (12" x 10") and converted it into a chicken coop. I raised it off the ground about 18" for the chickens to go under for shade and shelter during the day.

My wife and I moved from Wyoming and bought a small 7 acre hobby farm in south central Kansas a little over a year ago. I retired from teaching biology after 30 years. My wife works as the Planning Director in the nearby town.

I've been a licensed practicing falconer for almost 40 years flying and hunting trained golden eagles and goshawks. Although I've kept many different animals over the years, we are new to chicken keeping. We've always wanted to keep a small group of free ranging chickens for egg production. We are having a great time with our chickens and learning quite a bit. You never stop learning.

This is a great forum and I researched many different aspects of chicken husbandry from this site before actually getting our chickens. I imagine we'll be working out the bugs for quite some time, but we seem to be figuring it out as we go.



Our initial stock tank brooder set up in the dining room for the first two weeks before transferring the chicks to a larger brooder in the garage.


Front view of coop with attached pen.


Side view showing windows.


Inside of coop showing plastic bin nest boxes


Inside view showing roost perches


Small metal 12" exhaust fan mounted on back window


Back of coop showing additional windows


Back view showing chicken door


Side view showing outdoor pen


Outdoor pen roofed with 2" x 4" welded wire


Outdoor perimeter of pen showing 1" x 2" welded wire predator guard extending 12" away from the outside wall of the pen. Within two weeks the grass has grown up and has completely covered the guard


Loose and free ranging around the property