San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Look for  used fruit  crates. Lots of the construction is  done for you,  it can be the back 1/2 of a coop fairly easily. Cover the holes with hardwire cloth and  put a  ladder up the back and you've got a roost, easy pisey. we just used one of these for the back 1/2 of our silkie coop, it was 20 bucks off cl.
( sorry to barge in your thread  I lived in OC for 10 years so I  read every once in a while, DH was born in Laguna beach)

Got any pictures to share? Thanks for stopping in

 

[dfdesigns]

I love to see your stuff too, Chiqita! You can always be an honorary San Diegan...

 

[perchie.girl]

Hey San Diego Chicken Lover Friends. I need your help. Now that my chicken math as expanded exponentially, I need to get a bigger coop for my peeps. Would any of you all be so kind as to help me raise enough money to purchase a new one ( http://vannahaines.chipin.com/a-new-chicken-coop )

Here's a picture of what I'm looking to get: http://www.mypetchicken.com/images/product_images/ProductDetails/HH4576174.jpg

It's super cute and would fit the decor of my backyard perfectly...the whole whimsical type of theme.

Help me help my peeps!

Thanks,
Valerie

Thats a lot for a coop, especially if you cant afford it. There are several people on Craigslist that build coops and sheds and stuff. You might see if one of those could build you one just like it for less then you wouldnt have to pay shipping. Shipping on something like that could run as much as a thousand dollars if it is completely assembled. Thats the best I can do for a donation.....

deb

 

[vannaHaines]

Thanks for the input. I would appreciate any and all ideas. I really do like the design of the hobbit hole coops, but to be honest, I just like whimsical in general. I haven't found many designs online yet (still researching) of fun looking coops for my gals. The coop I have at home is small. It's really only meant for 2 full size or 4 bantams, but I have 10 chickens of all sizes. I let my chickens free range during the day, so the coop is primarily a roosting and nesting area, but I would like to provide my girls a more spacious living area. They do so much for me and I love them dearly, so I wanna give them the best that I can.

Anybody out there have any cute/whimsical style coop design ideas they can pass my way?

Thanks!!!!

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Thanks for the input. I would appreciate any and all ideas.  I really do like the design of the hobbit hole coops, but to be honest, I just like whimsical in general.  I haven't found many designs online yet (still researching) of fun looking coops for my gals.  The coop I have at home is small.  It's really only meant for 2 full size or 4 bantams, but I have 10 chickens of all sizes.  I let my chickens free range during the day, so the coop is primarily a roosting and nesting area, but I would like to provide my girls a more spacious living area.  They do so much for me and I love them dearly, so I wanna give them the best that I can.

Anybody out there have any cute/whimsical style coop design ideas they can pass my way?

Thanks!!!!

I've seen here on BYC (you can do a search) of people that have made coops from Little Tykes playhouses. I think it would be super cute and whimsical to make a little town of them. They make all sorts of styles. You can pick them up at thrift stores for next to nothing (they try to move big items like that out quick) or on CL for cheap too. Create little pathways from house to house, let them choose where they want to roost for the night. You can make one into the laying house. If I didn't live in a blasted wind tunnel it's what I'd have done. Here's a link to start with: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/355903/post-pics-of-your-little-tikes-coop Have fun!!

 

[vannaHaines]

I've seen here on BYC (you can do a search) of people that have made coops from Little Tykes playhouses. I think it would be super cute and whimsical to make a little town of them. They make all sorts of styles. You can pick them up at thrift stores for next to nothing (they try to move big items like that out quick) or on CL for cheap too. Create little pathways from house to house, let them choose where they want to roost for the night. You can make one into the laying house. If I didn't live in a blasted wind tunnel it's what I'd have done. Here's a link to start with: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/355903/post-pics-of-your-little-tikes-coop Have fun!!

OMG!!!! Love it!!!!! I can totally do this to my daughter's house. She really doesn't play w/ it anymore. Wonder if I can find a way to daisy chain it with my existing mini coop hehe.

 

[Aumlet]

So, I've decided its time to move my two FCM cockerels to a new home. I'll be putting them on CL, and I doubt anyone here needs an extra roo, but if anyone wants one ... I'm fine with someone who wants to eat them. Price: free!

I'm going to hold onto the 5 females a little longer until I decide who I'm keeping.

In other news, my young roo Peep got in a huge fight with one of my grown hens yesterday. I had to break it up as it was getting bloody.

I hope it was a freak thing - the chickens were free ranging in my yard while I sat in the gazebo, and my buff orpington got caught in some netting that had been around a vegetable garden. She made some alarmed sounds, and Peep flew over to where she was and started pecking at her. The top hen got a few pecks in too, nothing serious. I was here to free the buff very quickly. Waffles, the BO, didn't mind that the head chicken had pecked at her, but she was p*ssed at Peep and started in on him. Rather than flee, he fought back. Waffles is twice the size of Peep, and she was grabbing him by the wattles or combs and holding him like an adult grabbing a kid's ear, but he would not back down. He'd take a few steps away, then turn and sass her. They ended up under a patio chair which is where things got bloody. It was a chicken cage fight.

Thankfully neither is seriously hurt despite the blood (I was freaked out at first) and this morning Peep is keeping out of the way of the older girls, as he normally does. Fingers crossed that he got alarmed and went into adrenaline mode when Waffles was trapped. If he pulls something like this again, he won't be invited to stay. I adore him, but the deal has always been that he lives here until a neighbor complains or he begins behaving badly. He's a handsome boy, and talks to me when I take him to and from the garage, where he sleeps at night. *shakes head*

In happier news, the rabbit we rescued from the park is doing very well living with the chickens. I made her a den area under the hutch, and its set up so that she can get in and out easily but the chickens never enter.

 

[RHRanch]

Thats a lot for a coop, especially if you cant afford it. There are several people on Craigslist that build coops and sheds and stuff. You might see if one of those could build you one just like it for less then you wouldnt have to pay shipping. Shipping on something like that could run as much as a thousand dollars if it is completely assembled. Thats the best I can do for a donation.....

deb

Even if you payed a handyman to make your coop, for $1800 + you could have a really nice one. Plus there are some people who make coops you see advertising on craigslist that ou could purchase a cheaper coop from and avoid shipping, etc.

 

[igotchickens]

Thinning down the flock!

3 silkie mixes (1 white/gray flecks, 2 white/brown flecks). They're from two different hatches, 8-11 weeks. Not sure on sex - $5 each

Layers:
1 Delaware - laying brown eggs - $10
1 Easter egger (gray) - laying green eggs -$15
1 Leghorn - laying white eggs - $10

PM me if interested

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Thinning down the flock!


3 silkie mixes (1 white/gray flecks, 2 white/brown flecks). They're from two different hatches, 8-11 weeks. Not sure on sex - $5 each


Layers:

1 Delaware - laying brown eggs - $10

1 Easter egger (gray) - laying green eggs -$15

1 Leghorn - laying white eggs - $10

PM me if interested

How old are your layers?