post your chicken coop pictures here!

[konichek1]

Those are fab looking tractors for X's.  Your birds look like they are in great shape too.  : )  I can't see the wheels so was wondering how easy they are to move?

No wheels yet... There not to bad to move, but I will be adding tires as soon as I find treasure in someone else's junk

 

[Karoline87]

Hello folks

I want to share with You some photos and my site. This is one of my favorite chicken coop
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If you looking for some free chicken coop plans and pay ones You definitely need check my new site about chicken coop plans
If You like my coop MSG me i can sand my sketch of this coop. But its not professional one

 

[LindaB220]

Here are my chicken tractors for my X's

I love these. How do you get the pipes bent at the top or can you order them that way.?

 

[konichek1]

I love these.  How do you get the pipes bent at the top or can you order them that way.?

They are just 10' -3/4" conduit cut in 3 spots, then re fastened using 2-45 degree splices and 1-90 degree splice. The ends sit in a wood block.

 

[jtbass2756]

Guys there is a neighbor that gave me some old single glazed windows do you thing i could paint them and use them????? cause they will cover a big part of the cst if they get in use..

I would definitely use them....I only had one when I was building mine or I would have used more. I will post a pict. I framed it...cut a hole in the wall (I had old wood to do the walls with or I would have looked for more windows to build with and add light also. It has two layers of 1/4 wiring...one on the outside just under the frame and the other layer is on the inside wall...wanted to make sure the ladies had ventilation but were protected against an outside intruder as well as making sure they couldn't come in contact with the inside.
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[backyard Bobbin]

Hi everyone, here is a picture of the coop my husband built for our 6 chickens. The cedar siding is from the old hot tub that we had in this spot before. My husband has fun with projects like this. The roof is no longer a tarp, and has grey shingles that match our house. The chicken door has a chain and hook that hold it open, and the bigger door has a latch. We've cleared most of the bricks out of the area, leaving mostly sand now with some flagstones to walk on. We're going to have to start keeping in their run during the day soon, they've been free ranging our back yard all summer and they may not like it much at first! We won't be home from work in time to let them in to their run/coop from the back yard before it's dark, once the time changes. I am going to have to figure out what to do with the sandy floor of the run soon, if they're locked up in there all day, I'm going to have to deal with poop.

 

[perchie.girl]

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Nice use of materials.... efficient and off the shelf..... Me Likey.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Hi everyone, here is a picture of the coop my husband built for our 6 chickens. The cedar siding is from the old hot tub that we had in this spot before. My husband has fun with projects like this. The roof is no longer a tarp, and has grey shingles that match our house. The chicken door has a chain and hook that hold it open, and the bigger door has a latch. We've cleared most of the bricks out of the area, leaving mostly sand now with some flagstones to walk on. We're going to have to start keeping in their run during the day soon, they've been free ranging our back yard all summer and they may not like it much at first! We won't be home from work in time to let them in to their run/coop from the back yard before it's dark, once the time changes. I am going to have to figure out what to do with the sandy floor of the run soon, if they're locked up in there all day, I'm going to have to deal with poop.

AWESOME coop for your first post.... Woo Hoo and Welcome to BYC

from the San Diego High desert.

deb

 

[jtbass2756]

Hi everyone, here is a picture of the coop my husband built for our 6 chickens. The cedar siding is from the old hot tub that we had in this spot before. My husband has fun with projects like this. The roof is no longer a tarp, and has grey shingles that match our house. The chicken door has a chain and hook that hold it open, and the bigger door has a latch. We've cleared most of the bricks out of the area, leaving mostly sand now with some flagstones to walk on. We're going to have to start keeping in their run during the day soon, they've been free ranging our back yard all summer and they may not like it much at first! We won't be home from work in time to let them in to their run/coop from the back yard before it's dark, once the time changes. I am going to have to figure out what to do with the sandy floor of the run soon, if they're locked up in there all day, I'm going to have to deal with poop.

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What an awesome and beautiful use of recycled materials...cedar is so pretty to me.. as for the run...I love all of my sand. My girls haven't been in their run long enough for all the grass to be gone but I'm planning some controlled grass areas to rotate..maybe 3x4' boxes with 1/4" covering it....just enough for them to get some green sprigs but not able to scratch up the roots, etc..still fairly new also so I'm learning all I can do from those here on BYC. Every once in a while I throw a pile of leaves in the run....chickens cannot stand for there to be a pile of anything.

..they will spread it everywhere..gives them something to do for a while. LOL

 

[chickiebaby1]

Finally got the winter coop done and revamped the other one for the banties. I think they will all be happy and safe this winter, and I will only have to go to 2 places to feed and water. (We actually have about 5 other coops, plus breeding pens and cages).
Here we go......

CHICK COMMANDER







BANTY COMMANDER






Underneath the banty coop we made CHICKY COMMANDER, it is for younger chicks getting ready to be introduced to the flock, lets say a getting to know you holding pen.




Today we actually spread a huge tarp over the entire run to help protect the chickens from the snow and bad weather I have a feeling we will soon be getting. I hung christmas lights all along the sides so they didn't feel like they were always in the dark, but it looked like enough light was getting in and they loved it. This is going to be my first winter with chickens and I wanted to make sure and take all the precautions.