post your chicken coop pictures here!

[lisa Razmyar]

That is nice! Your area looks rural with a lot of trees which means critters will come for your chickens. I suggest replacing the chicken wire or adding strong cattle wire around the chicken run to deter critters from tearing down the poultry wire - two stray dogs broke through our side gate and attacked our little 4x6 coop and mangled the flimsy poultry wire - lucky a good neighbor chased off the mutts. Can't tell if you have the run roofed with wire but that would be a good addition against hawks. You've got nice run space for 7 chickens. Put a couple shelters or doghouses in the run for places to hide/snooze during the day. Chickens will usually only use the coop to lay eggs or roost for the night. The rest of the day they are digging, snoozing, scratching, dust-bathing, etc, outdoors. I saw one BYCer put a couple old thrift-store chairs in her run for the chickens to sit on or sleep under.

 

[lisa Razmyar]

We are actually in a neighborhood about 10 mins from uptown Charlotte. We have several neighbors that let their chickens stay loose in their yards. We close the coop up at night. We have only had a couple Hawks check out the girls so we put bird netting over the whole area. So far we have been ok. We have 2 dogs so hopefully the keep some of the predictors away.

 

[ridingtailboard]

I thought I'd share pics of my tractor.

Maybe big enough for 3 small birds. I made it to fit between the rows in my garden.

 

[SueLou]

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

No we have plenty room the picture was from the house there is a separate nesting box in the back and 6 roost for the girls. We got them from someone that was moving and needed to find a new home for them. Some had been pecked and missing feathers. The girls have all the feathers grown back and seem to enjoy their house. They were not going into their old house. From the first night they went right in and have done well.

Ya my chickens were staying in the old rabbit hutch I took the legs off of it with a slug hammer and set it on sinder blocks and stuck them in there until we build the coop out coop is 4x8 wih 8 chickens and I will be adding more soon. The first night they stayed in here house they went right up the ramp and on the roost I was surprised they knew what to do with the roost since they never slept on the roost before, when I build the coop we only had 2 chickens but now I have 8 and counting

 

[lisa Razmyar]

Very nice. I like the PVC feeder!

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I like this feeder they don't waste a thing

 

[lisa Razmyar]

Ya my chickens were staying in the old rabbit hutch I took the legs off of it with a slug hammer and set it on sinder blocks and stuck them in there until we build the coop out coop is 4x8 wih 8 chickens and I will be adding more soon. The first night they stayed in here house they went right up the ramp and on the roost I was surprised they knew what to do with the roost since they never slept on the roost before, when I build the coop we only had 2 chickens but now I have 8 and counting

 

[lisa Razmyar]

I know I am really surprised how entertaining they are. And I love going out and finding eggs.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I didn't use the pvc wih mine I just took a hole saw put five holes in a straight line about two inches above the bottom of the bucket made the holes about 3. 3 and a half inches round. And I hang the feeder by the handle by a bolt wih a chain with a clip in the bottom the bolt is through the roost in the run they eat out of it every day they dont waste any feed I am glad I made this feeder