post your chicken coop pictures here!

[ladynewtochicks]

You know I learned that right here....  lots of good stuff spread out over a Bizzilian pages.     I dont work with wood I build with steel when I need to use wood my pea brain treats it like steel.   so you will find plywood wired to the walls of chainlink for wind protection..... 

deb

That's why I love this site!

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: As long as your coop is draft free there is really no need to heat. Chickens put off enough BTUs to keep them selves warm. I have a friend that lives in Homer Alaska.... None of his coops have heat. they have good ventilation but no drafts. AND they are all built out of salvaged materials.

My take on heating is once you start they become dependent and don't build up the feathering and fat layer they need for when the power Does go out.

deb

 

[TerryH]

The pentagon shape of the coop is interesting as is the run but if I may be the stick in the mud, it appears to be ascetics for ascetics sake with no real regard for what the chickens require.

 

[junebuggena]

The pentagon shape is interesting but if I may be the stick in the mud, it appears to be ascetics for ascetics sake with no real regard for what the chickens require.

That's what I was trying to get at with the ventilation question. It's pretty and cool looking, but not really functional for a long-term coop.

 

[TerryH]

That's what I was trying to get at with the ventilation question. It's pretty and cool looking, but not really functional for a long-term coop.

Agree. As a design exercise it's cool. Water jet cutting wood, also cool. Functional for raising chickens long term, not so much.

 

[TerryH]

Wrong only in generalizing....


There are several different types of cedar....  MOST do not give off odors.     Cedar for Shavings is one that is the same as used for Cedar chests.   But others like what is used for fencing do not.

deb

Deb is correct. There are about 13 different types of cedars. Probably the most common are the aromatic cedars and the red cedars. The shavings that everyone advises against are obviously the aromatic cedar. Any of the cedars can be used for building furniture etc... Just about every pencil on the planet is made from cedar.

 

[TJordan]

Viper update. Here she is. She has some friends too. She is the only one with the prominate black marking on her back so far.

 

[Intheswamp]

Um this year it was maybe 20 degrees as our normal temp in the winter and some nights it did get down in the teens so I turned to heat light on and since I have sand on the coop floor I wouldn't have to worry about the straw and stuff catching on fire and to keep the wall protected I put a peice of tin foil on the wall closest to the light.

deb/perchie.girl picked up on what i was getting at. At those temperatures and with good ventilation (not drafts) the chickens are doing very well...they're better adapted at dealing with the cold than they are heat. There are people with chickens down whose winter temps get down into the -20's and -30's who use no auxiliary heat and their birds do good. Do a search for "P.T. Woods" and "Open Air Poultry Houses".

Best wishes,
Ed

 

[RIain]

Beautiful coops. I wanted something that would look nice and be cheap. I found someone wanting to get rid of a children's playhouse for free of I took it apart. Worked out great. Just had to add a few things.

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[perchie.girl]

Beautiful coops. I wanted something that would look nice and be cheap. I found someone wanting to get rid of a children's playhouse for free of I took it apart. Worked out great. Just had to add a few things.

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I have seen sone cool coops made of repurposed play houses... and this one is way cool...

deb