post your chicken coop pictures here!

[backyard Bobbin]

Thanks Deb, and Jay thank you for that suggestion with the leaves. I did learn that lesson about piles and chickens -I dumped out the old dirt from the outdoor potted plants before putting them away for winter, and they went nuts over it for quite a while. I have learned everything I know about chickens and chicken keeping by lurking in this forum for the past year, I guess a coop post is a good way to jump in!

 

[smcgill]

Spent some time Saturday to winterize the run.
Some planks and poly to cover half of the run.
I'm hoping it will keep some of the snow out.

With my luck it will just fill up!

Half of the roof is covered.


He still doesn't trust me!
I think he likes it.
Sean

 

[vehve]

@smcgill Just something to consider, you'll need to keep the snow off of that roof pretty actively, it won't support too much weight. Hope the snow stays out, you have a nice sized run.

 

[smcgill]

@smcgill Just something to consider, you'll need to keep the snow off of that roof pretty actively, it won't support too much weight. Hope the snow stays out, you have a nice sized run.

works great for all types of roofs !

 

[Minflick]

Heh! Your roofing material is just like mine - covered with tree litter! I know our girls have acclimatized to our house because when acorns hit their tin roof, they don't flinch or appear to notice. I've watched them snooze through it while out in the run, and it sounds like a ROCK hitting that roof, it's really loud!

Melinda

 

[vehve]

Chickens will get used to pretty much anything. I hammered on the roof shingles with the birds inside, they had no problem with that. And the nail gun going off a few feet from them didn't scare them either. Or the circular saw.

 

[smcgill]

I mow the lawn with them not even flinching!
While I was building the coop saws didn't scare them either!
Sean

 

[iwiw60]

Chickens will get used to pretty much anything. I hammered on the roof shingles with the birds inside, they had no problem with that. And the nail gun going off a few feet from them didn't scare them either. Or the circular saw.

Acorns? HAH!! Try the Ponderosa Pine pinecones hitting the roof...sounds like a grenade went off!!

 

[iwiw60]

works great for all types of roofs !

You reminded me with your post...gotta dig my "roof snow shovel" out of the shed for the coming snows...yikes!!

 

[bigmrg74]

Chickens will get used to pretty much anything. I hammered on the roof shingles with the birds inside, they had no problem with that. And the nail gun going off a few feet from them didn't scare them either. Or the circular saw.

Our co-op came through last night and took our beans out of our bean field. The field wraps around the yard I've been keeping their tractor in. They were looking a little panicy at first, but I talked them down and then soon enough my brother had finished carving his pumpkin and we got them the guts and well, they forgot all about that big scary John Deere that was eating all the beans and looked like it wouldn't have given a second though to eating a chicken.