post your chicken coop pictures here!

[bigmrg74]

It's called "Let's share our chicken decor''

Oh dear, I'm afraid I'm going to have to eventually find that thread and show it off to my girlfriend so she can get new ideas for our apartment and brag about what she's done with the place so far.

 

[Sylvester017]

Progress ... hopefully I will have the remaining shingles installed this morning before it rains for a solid week.

nice coop!
Rain? For a solid week? Gosh, since March we've been having 80-90O days and I'm getting tired of it! I lost two hens to a heatwave summer last year and this year summer started even earlier!!!!! I've got misters out already and a pop-up canopy for shade over the dust box, and still thinking about putting up another canopy! I'm in SoCal but feel like I'm living in the Nevada desert! I've opted to plant cacti in lieu of regular flowers!

 

[MigraineMan]

The roof is complete, and I installed the "structural" sheating today so I could remove the external temporary bracing (that was slightly dangerous and very annoying.) Unfortunately, late engineering change orders submitted by The Committee (aka "She Who Must Be Obeyed") screwed-up my resource estimates, and I'm three sheets of sheathing short. I guess that extra two feet of additional length really made a bigger difference than I had expected. Regardless, it's coming together nicely. Hard to believe the original concept was forklift pallets covered with a tarp.

 

[MDliving]

I am new to chickens and built my coop out of a shed. My roost is about the same night as the nesting boxes. I am not sure how I missed this detail. Is it because they will sleep on the nesting boxes then?

Typically, chickens like to roost on the highest point, so having the nest boxes at the same level might encourage them to sleep in the nest boxes, instead of on the roosts.

 

[mamaHenof8]

In the spring my coop will get a window box for flowers in front of the window and some landscaping.  My thee hens free range for a hour each day. 

How many are you housing?
I have 8 and wondering if mine will be big enough

 

[amandajo]

Here is my homemade coop. It's hard to get a good picture if the inside but there are three roosting bars for them and the four nesting boxes(a few if them go lay the eggs in my horse barn in the hay) the window can be closed to keep them in but we usually have it open all the time. They hop out the window and down the ramp and let themselves in at night. I love it! Even with all the mis matched metal on the sides lol

 

[junkman56]

The roof is complete, and I installed the "structural" sheating today so I could remove the external temporary bracing (that was slightly dangerous and very annoying.) Unfortunately, late engineering change orders submitted by The Committee (aka "She Who Must Be Obeyed") screwed-up my resource estimates, and I'm three sheets of sheathing short. I guess that extra two feet of additional length really made a bigger difference than I had expected. Regardless, it's coming together nicely. Hard to believe the original concept was forklift pallets covered with a tarp.

your coop is coming along nicely, it looks very good, cant wait to see the finished product

 

[Merrymouse]

The roof is complete, and I installed the "structural" sheating today so I could remove the external temporary bracing (that was slightly dangerous and very annoying.) Unfortunately, late engineering change orders submitted by The Committee (aka "She Who Must Be Obeyed") screwed-up my resource estimates, and I'm three sheets of sheathing short. I guess that extra two feet of additional length really made a bigger difference than I had expected. Regardless, it's coming together nicely. Hard to believe the original concept was forklift pallets covered with a tarp.

 

[Sylvester017]

The roof is complete, and I installed the "structural" sheating today so I could remove the external temporary bracing (that was slightly dangerous and very annoying.) Unfortunately, late engineering change orders submitted by The Committee (aka "She Who Must Be Obeyed") screwed-up my resource estimates, and I'm three sheets of sheathing short. I guess that extra two feet of additional length really made a bigger difference than I had expected. Regardless, it's coming together nicely. Hard to believe the original concept was forklift pallets covered with a tarp.

Teehee! Forklift pallets covered with a tarp! Your concept has come a long way since then!

 

[peterlund]

New style coop and run. Clean and classic coop.

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