Show me UGLY coops- where my peeps at?

[Chickassan]

That is some FINE jerry rigging!

Two metal sheds connected by a 55-gal plastic barrel with the bottom cut out. Roosts in left shed, nests in right one. I used to keep food and water in the right one until a bear trashed it all. 300 sq ft dog lot run now in front of white shed.

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[Hardknockshomestead]

Your chickens will love their new "ugly" coop! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

This is the best!

I call it the chicken laundromat, because when you look at the tunnel from the outside it looks like one of those dryers in a laundromat.

 

[animalyodelers]

Their sheshack is a rabbit hutch and a pre fab coop that I basically sewed together
And here is their seldom utilized run: a gift wrapped palm treeView attachment 1574710 View attachment 1574715

I love it! The "gift wrapped palm tree" cracks me up!

 

[animalyodelers]

Don't hate it! You made that, be proud of it! Never hate your creations. Some paint, decoration, a little landscaping around.You know maybe a little stone path,some garden statues it could be absolutly adoreable.

Thank you!!

 

[animalyodelers]

Ill jump on this thread. This is my old as dirt, shed turned coop. Its been moved 100 times and needs repairs every other week. Holding together with a lot of hardware cloth.View attachment 1574731 View attachment 1574732

That is adorable!!

 

[animalyodelers]

We got this for free from someone who said he kept four chickens in it.....we took off the doors and now it is just a pass-through attached to our chunnel. Major ugly, not sure how he did it!!
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It looks like it works great for your purpose! Not ugly at all, but I imagine maybe with doors it could be.

 

[animalyodelers]

See what I mean? Pretty paint makes it happen! I really like this shed.

You are so right!

 

[animalyodelers]

When we were young and stupid and bought our house the previous owners had these huge flower gardens. I knew next to nothing about flowers and asked the lady how much work the gardens were and if the plants were annuals or perennials (thinking about potential cost). She told me they were a mix of everything. We bought the house, fall came, a few flowers died but many were still pretty. Then the frost came, and snow, and I realized there were still flowers......yes the flower beds were mostly weeds with fake flowers added for color!!! Like I said, I was young and stupid.

 

[animalyodelers]

I would fill the flower boxes with edibles for the girls. I picture myself in a rocking chair on my chicken coop porch, with the girls clucking around me while I drink ice tea. My reality is Im usually at the coop in my nasty muck boots, screwing down hardware cloth or fixing up mud spots, swearing my fool head off.

Same here!