"Shanty Town" My little city

[chick'n'run]

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8x8=64 sq. ft. each chicken needs minimum 4 sq. ft of space, so max # of chickens for an 8x8 coop would be 16 (64/4=16)

 

[Grampa with chickens]

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Only reason I put them up on concrete blocks was to keep the wood out of the dirt. Florida rains and dirt mix would rot the wood. The floors are solid wood planking with no holes. So I havn't had any problems with rodents yet. I don't feed my chickens in the coops. The coops are only for sleeping at night. Luckly down here, I don't have bad enough weather for them to be cooped up for very long.

 

[sparkles2307]

chick'n'run :

8x8=64 sq. ft. each chicken needs minimum 4 sq. ft of space, so max # of chickens for an 8x8 coop would be 16 (64/4=16)

THanks, I will make it a bit bigger!​

 

[onthespot]

Grampa, those look great! How did you take the pallets apart without splitting all the wood to pieces, or did they already come with the boards close like that? Thanks for sharing, and the pics are worth a thousand words.

 

[scarter]

That looks great! I love the recycled materials. We did our coop also in pallets and get lots of complements on ours too.

 

[Grampa with chickens]

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Very carefully.........

I did split some and I used those pieces for the short stuff. The 2X4 runners were used for "studs" and framing.

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

lol I like that its cute. You should paint it tho! That would make it look really cute!

 

[AtRendeAcres]

I

it!!!!

 

[CoopCrazy]

Wow

Thats awesome and so very "Green"... I was wanting to do something similar with the pallets ..., Great job

 

[Anny]

I LOVE IT! those are so cute! what a great idea .