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We posted some pics last year about our coop we were building and got a lot of response and questions about it with it just in the beginning stages. I am finally getting around to doing the full write up with pics . Sorry it took so long. The whole coop is 20x20 with a 4 foot walkway down the middle. From the walkway we can get to the 4 individual pens that are 8x10. Each pen has 6 nest boxes that can be accessed from the hall so there is easy access to the eggs.each pen can hold approximately 20 birds. There is a automatic watering system around the outer edge made of 2 inch PVC pipe with 6 nipple per pen with a dump valve on each end for clean out or vitamin insertion. We also have 30 lb hanging feeders in each pen. We can let each pen out to free range at will and don't have to worry about fighting or getting birds mixed up and having to sort them back out. We also have lights in the coop and have had no issues with predators. I hope this helps some and I want to thank BYC for having this thread. It gave me a lot of ideas from all the posts I looked at and this is what I came up with as my design. We call it The Cajun Ceauxp.
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Skinny10000 said:
We posted some pics last year about our coop we were building and got a lot of response and questions about it with it just in the beginning stages. I am finally getting around to doing the full write up with pics . Sorry it took so long. The whole coop is 20x20 with a 4 foot walkway down the middle. From the walkway we can get to the 4 individual pens that are 8x10. Each pen has 6 nest boxes that can be accessed from the hall so there is easy access to the eggs.each pen can hold approximately 20 birds. There is a automatic watering system around the outer edge made of 2 inch PVC pipe with 6 nipple per pen with a dump valve on each end for clean out or vitamin insertion. We also have 30 lb hanging feeders in each pen. We can let each pen out to free range at will and don't have to worry about fighting or getting birds mixed up and having to sort them back out. We also have lights in the coop and have had no issues with predators. I hope this helps some and I want to thank BYC for having this thread. It gave me a lot of ideas from all the posts I looked at and this is what I came up with as my design. We call it The Cajun Ceauxp.
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lovechicks1293 said:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/my-2017-coop

Here's mine! after about two years on this thread, I finally get to post my own!
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Looks like you all had fun putting the coop together! Love the chicken boots! When you use storage inside the shed, get 10-gallon metal pails to store the feed. Plastic pails, even thick heavy duty ones, gets chewed through by rodents as we found out.
 
Sylvester017 said:
You seem to have very specific ideas/needs for your chicken housing. I had a flimsy little coop for 5 years -- couldn't believe someone actually wanted it but I DID do my best to keep it covered from sun and rain and it has a new home now. After 5 years of researching what I wanted and didn't want in my next chicken housing, I still didn't get everything I wanted in a pre-built or kit-coop and continue modifying as I go along. I didn't want to get a carpenter, or build it myself, or get a put-it-together complicated kit. I searched and searched and finally got a coop within the parameters of my wants -- it's what I recommend you do. Search online and look at all the possible chicken housings through manufacturers until you find one that meets your needs as closely as possible -- it won't be EXACTLY what you wanted but you will find something that fits your pocket book and most of your chickens' needs. The coop I found fit my pocket book but the shipping cost added another $500 so research, research, research is the best I can advise. I wanted an Amish Barn Coop delivered to us already built but all the nice ones I wanted wouldn't fit a finished delivery through our little gate. Another problem that was important for me to solve was to have a shelter over the coop because I was tired of shielding our first coop from the broiling sun and the rainy downpours when collecting eggs so we built a patio over our newest coop. It took me 5 years of planning and while remodeling our home and yard, I added plans for a patio roof over our final Barn Coop which we ordered from http://www.chickencondos.com/coop-run-combos/classic-barn-packages.html This manufacturer makes the coops in the USA so they aren't flimsy Chinese fir wood kits like PetSmart or Petco offers. ChickenCondos have shed material Barn Coops, easy-clean all plastic Urban Coops, and very easily assembled with nice heavy-duty kennel runs that come in many sizes. There are options galore like slide-out floors, automatic pop-doors for the chickens, optional wheel packages, feeders, and much more. I gave them my specific requirements and they shipped everything pre-assembled. There is a video of the easy assembly of our 4x4 Barn Coop on the ChickenCondos website. I don't recommend our coop particularly for your situation but just sharing what fit our personal needs. Like I said, not 100% what I wanted but pretty darn close to what I needed. You'll find something if you spend the time researching online. TuffShed makes only one chicken coop design but they will come onto the property to assemble it for the customer. TuffShed didn't offer a wheel package which we needed for our coop. Also, in researching manufacturers, be aware that the mfr over-states how many chckens fit inside their coops. Formula for chicken keeping: one square foot open ventilation per each chicken, 4 square feet coop floor space per each chicken, minimum 10 square feet foraging/run space per each chicken and 12-inches minimum roosting perch space per each chicken. This 4x4 ChickenCondos Barn Coop fits 4 chickens nicely inside and the detachable kennel run below is 4x8 if we have to lock up the chickens for a little while - but our chickens free-range the backyard all day and we seldom lock them up. We ordered a wheel package so we can move the coop to paint our house or do repairs. These are the 4 wall panels of the coop walls ready to bolt together - no hammering, no sawing, no glueing -- all ready to just drop in giant bolts and screws to hook up the walls. The 4 walls of the Barn Coop bolt and screw together easily through hinges. We ordered a solid floor for winter and this kennel wire floor to slide in for extra summer ventilation. Our first little coop was 4x6 built by a customer at the feed store. It worked for a while but drove me nuts keeping it protected from sun and rain and wind and I spent the next 5 years looking for a better solution for our situation.
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Thanks! I've found some I really like, now I'm struggling to find out if the websites are legit or not
 
Cracked the toilet seat at the apartment here and replaced it. Thinking of using the cracked seat to make a viewing port over the nest boxes. they're on a big sheet of 1/2 plywood and even myself at 6'4" can't look over it where the vent area is at. But a little port there would be just about right for everybody to just lift the lid to take a quick peek of everybody that's up on the roosts. That would be a lot easier than going around the coop and opening up the human door to check in on them.
 

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