He's had plenty of time to get it done. Sometimes you really need to motivate somebody to get shibby done.One way to start a war.
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The big door above is for truck access. I want to be able to back my truck off and unload directly into the coop. this door will also have a people access door in it.
Yep all dog kennel panels. The roof will be a single shed roof with a pitch of six inches over 24 feet. The two areas called Guinea are actually a single Ell shaped space.
there will be two solid walls one on the east facing side and one on the south. Both are directions of prevailng winds. My main issue is stilling down the air during winter to allow the chickens to warm themselves at night time. Chickens put out alot of BTUs.
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If your hens don't free-range the yard don't add more girls to the coop. The more calculated space each hen has when locked up the happier and healthier she'll be. Chickens really love roaming and get irritated when too closely confined. In the winter months they'll probably be inside the coop a lot so you want them to get along by having a roomy area.
Upgraded my coop originally had a prefab bought on line.
This one is 5.5 ft by 6 ft. I added poop board and perch and covered nest area. Has Space underneath the entire coop for chickens with a 8 x 4 ft additional run. Houses 5 hens will prob get one or two more.
I love the look of the coop and the deliberate rustic look.
Quote: Yep.... Dogs are my worst enemy. Though I have Mountain Lion, Bobcat, Coyote, Racoon, desert fox, as well as ALL the flying predators, Feral or loose dogs are by far the worst. And Yes I have had Both Coyotes And Dogs climb the six foot panels. There will be a skirt around the perimeter if I need to but I will start with Hot wire. One strand at nose level and another strand about four feet up for a climbing predator. I lost about twenty Guineas to Racoon attack So all my external wire will be Aviary panels. I had one Guinea loose a leg. it got pulled off Clear up to the hip joint. She was roosting next to the Chain-link. She survived by the way and lived another year.
Its High desert therefore I do get about 72 hours snow And the worst offender WIND. So there will be one solid wall that faces east For the prevailing wind That would be the wall where the feed bins and counter is. Then the whole wall for the guineas faces south and is about three feet from my horse corral. That wall will be a half wall Because my horse LOVES her Guineas... LOL.
Up till now the cold hasnt been an issue. Only an issue for me because I worry. But I have plans in the works for a "cuddle" system. Modular wind barriers that hang over the perches creating a space so they dont get the heat stored within their feathers poofed out from the wind.
For the roof in the past I have only used tarps. Stretched so the water will not collect. The most successful was my last set up. Tarps only the width of each partition which is six feet. stretched from six foot out and down the back where they roost. I purposely stretched them with PVC pipe over and under and set at a small angle. The water could not collect. And Yep the floor of the coop was wet... I used Rice hulls which handle moisture better than any bedding I ever used before.
this is my house the day it closed Escrow in 2003... Once the poultry house is done it will reside visually between those two trees Which puts it in the foreground about a hundred feet away from the house. The ground is Solid Decomposed granite and in that particular area has not been disturbed so its very hard. To give you an idea for scale the rock in the foreground is the right height for sitting.
this picture is taken from the spot I want to build the coop It will be at that the eight foot point along the pipe corral. This would allow for me to park my horse trailer even with the front of the corral. I have since replaced the double carport system for my horse shelter. BTW that worked for about two years till we had hurricane force winds come and twist it up like a dead spider..... LOL. it was fastened to the pipe corral and had a single Tpost to anchor two legs in the corral those never gave up.... But I found my horse standing in the middle of it wiggling a pole and watching the ripped tarp flap.... She saw me and turned to say.... "... what?" and went back to playing with the tangled mess. Gotto love that Draft horse mentality.
Her new shelter is rated for 100 MPH winds. Custom built by the same company that built the pipe corral.... Able to withstand a 2000 pound horse messin with it. I wish I could afford them to build the coop.... Sigh. It would be Awesome. They do enclosures for everything from Bears to Aviarys too.
I used to raise parakeets and finches and have about fifty linear feet of Aviary enclosure wire. That stuff is 12 gauge and the spacing is 1/2 by 3. its self supporting too. you can make aviaries as wide as six feet and as long as twelve without additional support if you use the wire top and bottom as well.
http://www.kwcages.com/wingzcatalog/00010.html
I am fortunate.... I only bought the one cage for the parakeets. Someone gave me a six by four by six flight cage. Then just recently a fellow was retiring from raising birds and his son offered me the aviary if I would just come and get it. Four full flight cages.... Treasure. Then I bought enough panels to build a Cattery for a roommate but never got it built. "Differences of Opinion". Cats are long gone now. So is she.
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