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[mountaintopking]

The reason I now have chickens.lol

 

[0die]

I love Odie's Coop - This is the kind of open airy coops we have to have in SoCal. Always hot here even when it rains. Speaking of which hitting a tin roof can scare the cr*p out of sleeping chickens. To muffle hailstone weather we used tarps over the roof to muffle the noise - later we got a pop-up canopy over the little coop.
Nice open coop for TX weather!

the roof is not metal...it's some kinda soft corrugated roof panel I found at Lowes...it's like wavey asphalt shingle stuff...the airy part is the run for when I have to leave them penned up...I'll be cutting some windows into the actual house part shortly and post some pics.

I just looked thru all the coop pics here and got some general ideas. I wanted something simple & easy to build but also big enough to keep them comfortable for when I can't let them free range the yard. The biggest problem was planning all the lengths of boards to maximize the size without wasting too much wood or coming up an inch short here or there...

in retrospect...next time I will plan it from the roof down...since roof panels come in limited standard sizes...and build the coop/run to fit under standard roof panel dimensions

 

[Luddite]

My flat-pack coop assembled. It's supposed to be for 6-9 birds, but that would seem to be a bit crowded, so it's a good job I'm only getting 4 chickens.

I'm a bit concerned about that sliding door, there is a bolt for it, but the plywood is thin and has started to bend, making a gap that a fox could exploit to rip off the door.

 

[Dreysander]

Here's ours so far. Sorry for the crappy night picture

 

[Spartan22]

Here's mine before I totally finish the run

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Quote:
We made it down to Taranaki when I was there (amazing beaches!) and did a bunch of stuff up around Auckland, but that was all. Mostly Jim showed me all his favorite surf spots, LOL!

 

[newchixs]

Sure wish I could find somebody in the Okanagan to build me a coup! My daughter with disabilities would love to help take care of chickens! I've looked into prebuilt- but they are all Chinese crappolla!

I wish I could help you. My son who is autistic love our birds. If you were in Arizona I would help you. If someone close to her please help her with a coup!!! To help someone with a disability is more rewarding then asking for money!!! Do it for free, I would.....

 

[adkhunter1590]

Well it's moving day for the chicks! Decided I was tired of hearing them in the house and the dust they make was really making the room a mess lol. Temps are in the 70s during the day and 40-50 at night. I put the heat lamp in and have it turned on for night time as my youngest chicks(red sex links) are just about 3 weeks and my oldest (Rhode Island reds) are 4 and a half weeks. Have the big vent in back cracked open and front window is slightly from the power cord of the heat lamp is being run out of it. So far they seem to love it. They were scared at first but have some around. None of them wanted to try walking down the ramp to go out into the run. I took 3 of them and put them outside to see what they would do and let them see some nice sunlight and bare dirt. They ended up staying under the coop pecking around down there. Maybe because the light breeze that was blowing? It was almost 80 here today so it was pretty warm out. I'm sure they will get used to it.

I have a couple more things to wire up tomorrow and I'll be done with enclosing the run and the door I made. I ran out of staples or it would already be done! Back to lowes tomorrow after opening day of turkey hunting in the morning . Overall I don't think the run came out too bad. For using almost all scrap wood and regular chicken wire (I know not a fan favorite around here, but the coop is secure and will be shut in every night). I only bought about $25 worth of lumber. $95 worth of chicken wire. $12 in tip ties to pull the upper and lower length of wire together. $5 in staples. And a $6 screen door hardware kit. Overall dimensions of the run is about 32 ft long 26ft wide. Roughly 830 sq ft. Hopefully that's enough room?

 

[adkhunter1590]

 

[howell2510]

Wow - that is a nice and fast build.  What method did you use to secure from digging predators?  Buried wire? Wire skirting around the pen? Cinder blocks or paver stones around the perimeter? 
That swing set ensemble in your photo will make a cute useable converted coop one day too!

I buried the hardware cloth and then put up 2x4's around top and bottom.