Remodel of Used Coop the Hens Hate! ~ Ideas Please?

[Cotton Hill Chick]

I have an 8 x 12 lean to coop this is how I set my inside up. Maybe it will give you some ideas. Make sure you chickens have a landing board in front of the nest boxes.

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If your thinking of ever getting more chicks, have a space figured out for a coop brooder. Brooding in the coop makes integration easier IMO and also keeps all the dander/dust out of your house or garage.
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I appreciate these pictures, thanks so much. Yes, this looks the direction I'd like to point the remodel, and the size of yours is similar to mine. I have a couple questions if you don't mind!

* What is in the white bucket, under the roosts, that has 2 PVC cylinders coming-out the sides? Is it a feeder?

* In the first photo, opposite the white bucket on the other wall I see two vertical (PVC?) tubes. What are they used for?

(Can you tell I am fairly new with chickens? LOL).

In the last photo, it looks like you've used 2 or 3 dog crates (?) for smaller seclusion areas... I was thinking of doing the same thing. What size are the crates?

Thanks so much for the photos, I feel like the remodel is beginning to come together a bit!

 

[blackdog043]

* What is in the white bucket, under the roosts,

That is a no waste feeder, I actually have 3 of them now. One with three ports and two with 4 ports. I have them all out right now because I have 11 new chicks that are 8 weeks old tomorrow. I like to have options while I integrate, plus I was away all last week, so I didn't want them running out of feed. Here is a link for the no waste feeder thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...lon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3.834227/

This is the inside of a 4 port feeder. I use L brackets to secure my elbows, this way I know they won't get knocked loose by me. Most people just use silicone to secure them in the hole.

* In the first photo, opposite the white bucket on the other wall I see two vertical (PVC?) tubes. What are they used for?

I have oyster shell in one side and grit in the other side. I use 20% non medicated starter & grower feed, for my whole flock. This way when I integrate new chicks, I don't have to have separate feeds or if you have non laying chickens they don't need the extra calcium in layer feeds. Quite a few on here use an All Flock feed or Flock Raiser feed. The mill I buy from doesn't make an all flock feed. Any laying hens that need calcium will take some. Chickens know when they need it.

In the last photo, it looks like you've used 2 or 3 dog crates (?) for smaller seclusion areas... I was thinking of doing the same thing. What size are the crates?

The long one along the back wall is a dog x pen and the other one is a 24 x 36 double door dog crate.

This shows it a little better. The cardboard openings(panic doors) are for integrating the chicks. They can get in and out but the big girls can't get in. There is netting above the cardboard. I integrate chicks at 3 - 4 weeks old. I have a smaller version of the no waste feeder(white bucket) in there for chicks, using 2 inch elbows instead of 3 inch. The chick feeder to the far left with the tube is a no waste chick feeder. I put the thread link below. I also made a brooder horizontal nipple waterer for the chicks(the pitcher), I put that in when they are 1 - 2 weeks old, along with the regular chick waterer. I take the chick waterer away after 3 - 4 weeks, by then most are using both waterers.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/no-waste-chick-feeder-build.1297528/#post-21117273

To the far back right is the mama heat pad. That's what the white control hanging there goes to.

 

[Cotton Hill Chick]

That is a no waste feeder, I actually have 3 of them now. One with three ports and two with 4 ports. I have them all out right now because I have 11 new chicks that are 8 weeks old tomorrow. I like to have options while I integrate, plus I was away all last week, so I didn't want them running out of feed. Here is a link for the no waste feeder thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...lon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3.834227/

This is the inside of a 4 port feeder. I use L brackets to secure my elbows, this way I know they won't get knocked loose by me. Most people just use silicone to secure them in the hole.
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I have oyster shell in one side and grit in the other side. I use 20% non medicated starter & grower feed, for my whole flock. This way when I integrate new chicks, I don't have to have separate feeds or if you have non laying chickens they don't need the extra calcium in layer feeds. Quite a few on here use an All Flock feed or Flock Raiser feed. The mill I buy from doesn't make an all flock feed. Any laying hens that need calcium will take some. Chickens know when they need it.

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The long one along the back wall is a dog x pen and the other one is a 24 x 36 double door dog crate.

This shows it a little better. The cardboard openings(panic doors) are for integrating the chicks. They can get in and out but the big girls can't get in. There is netting above the cardboard. I integrate chicks at 3 - 4 weeks old. I have a smaller version of the no waste feeder(white bucket) in there for chicks, using 2 inch elbows instead of 3 inch. The chick feeder to the far left with the tube is a no waste chick feeder. I put the thread link below. I also made a brooder horizontal nipple waterer for the chicks(the pitcher), I put that in when they are 1 - 2 weeks old, along with the regular chick waterer. I take the chick waterer away after 3 - 4 weeks, by then most are using both waterers.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/no-waste-chick-feeder-build.1297528/#post-21117273

To the far back right is the mama heat pad. That's what the white control hanging there goes to.
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These are great pictures and thanks so much for the descriptions and the links! There's a lot useful here I will see if I can incorporate into the coop remodel, which has begun. We've two roosts up with poop-board tables under them... the chickens in there use the highest one at night and it's SO EASY to clean up now! Thanks again for sharing your photos and the links!