Show me inside and outside of your homemade coops

[kesm543]

Converted a shed. Installed two windows. Painted a water proof layer in the floor and up the walls a couple of feet (I use the deep litter method in the winter). Installed a few nesting boxes for now, but this spring I am going to have 6 nesting boxes that are exterior to the coop to take up less floor space and eggs can be grabbed without having to go inside. I just cut a hole for a door now, I don't have a predator problem in my area. I will eventually get an auto coop door, but those are $$$. I cut a couple of vent holes in the upper parts of the shed. I will do some more modifications this spring/summer. I just needed to get it livable by the time the temps here (North Dakota) went down below zero.

 

[aart]

How much did that outside fencing curved like a snake cost? And where'd you get it?

About $350-400.
I built it, see My Coop page for details.

 

[igorsMistress]

This is our coop. We've since added a gravity feeder. The pop door will need to be made a bit larger for the roo and we are taking out the loft over the nest boxes to extend the roost and poop board.

We have the option of adding solid wood panels when it's cold, and shade cloth as shown here for the rest of the year. The front wall and door are covered with hardware cloth.

 

[thecreekhouse]

This is my coop, run, and fenced area outside the coop and run that gives my girls access to fresh grass, bugs and worms. My coop and run are on wheels and my fence is movable so that every month or two I can move my entire set up to a fresh patch of grass. My coop is 6 x 4 and my run is 16 x 3. The fenced area that surrounds the coop and run is 69 meters in length. I have 6 pullets (one is a bantam) and that’s definitely the max for the size of my coop and run.

 

[Roley]

He didn't build what you see. This was a hot topic earlier in the thread. The outside certainly does not match the inside. The outside is a picture pulled off the internet of a prefabricated coop.

Yeah. I realized that later as I read on in the thread. Such a shame! Thank you for your response. I have started my build, we’ll see how it goes

 

[BReeder!]

Yeah. I realized that later as I read on in the thread. Such a shame! Thank you for your response. I have started my build, we’ll see how it goes

Pics and article please! I'm still working on my build as well - I feel the the construction never really ends actually.

 

[Roley]

Pics and article please! I'm still working on my build as well - I feel the the construction never really ends actually.

I’m building it out of scrap wood so it doesn’t look so pretty right now. But it should be nice once painted.
Here’s my work in progress. (Everything under $50)

 

[TropicalBabies]

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Very clever and well done! Bravo

 

[TropicalBabies]

I’m building it out of scrap wood so it doesn’t look so pretty right now. But it should be nice once painted.
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Great job, keep us posted- That is the start of one big beautiful coop!

 

[TropicalBabies]

Here's mine, houses 4 bantam pullets in the city. The large roo inside the run in the first picture is a metal yard decoration, lol. That picture was taken just after it was built, before I had my chickens.
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The poop board is off center because they all roost at that end every night. My cochin closest to the window. She likes to look out the window as it gets dark. There's a thermometer/hygrometer on the wall and the ribbon was to watch if there were any drafts in it. I ended up hanging a heavy piece of cloth about a foot in front of the ventilation area. The ventilation area runs the width of the coop at roof height. The fabric stops the draft that occurred with a south wind. The inclined roof would catch all the breeze and funnel it right into the coop.

Absolutely dreamy (and so clean and organized!)