Show me your coop runs!

[Knuckle66]

Here's mine. My buddy gave me the wire all I had to do was buy the posts. I left a 6 inch gap between the 2 runs of fencing. My run is not covered but my old flock never tired to fly out of the run either. Even when I free ranged them and locked them up they wouldn't try to leave.

 

[imnukensc]

Here's the run (16x8x7), but my chickens free range daily on a couple acres.

 

[Birdinhand]

the main coop to the left has two levels. behind the wood siding is a second level, broken into four main areas, an inner coop where the laying hens roost and three pens where the meet birds go for growing out. the lower section has two main areas, the run for the hens and a brooding area with separate nest box for a broody hen that can be closed off. the run to the right has a translucent roof for more light and can be closed off if I need another space, I used it last year for a broody hen with her chicks. the coop faces the north. it stays out of the hot summer sun but allows morning and afternoon direct sun, which the hens love. the coop is built into a hill and has been a work in progress for several years.

 

[Knuckle66]

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the main coop to the left has two levels. behind the wood siding is a second level, broken into four main areas, an inner coop where the laying hens roost and three pens where the meet birds go for growing out. the lower section has two main areas, the run for the hens and a brooding area with separate nest box for a broody hen that can be closed off. the run to the right has a translucent roof for more light and can be closed off if I need another space, I used it last year for a broody hen with her chicks. the coop faces the north. it stays out of the hot summer sun but allows morning and afternoon direct sun, which the hens love. the coop is built into a hill and has been a work in progress for several years.

we need more pics!

 

[Tawnya Blackburn]

Goofy ducks won't come out of the coop in the rain.

 

[boatagor]

We added a run to our TSC prefab coop. The coop was 4x8-ish, we extended it quite a bit .

 

[Chicken_newbe]

Do you have any pics of the inside of your coop?

Here's the inside, there is a lower roosting bar under the nesting boxes. We were planning on a little ladder for them to get to the roosting bar on the right and nesting boxes but they seem to be doing fine without it for now . There is a small door on the left also for when we get the run done

 

[ChickenFajita6]

@ChickenFajita6 Did you build your coop to look like a saloon? It is pretty snazzy.

We did! Or rather, it is supposed to be an old western style hotel. We saw another coop done similarly and I loved it. The goal was to eventully add a fake front next to the saloon that looks like a feed shop - it will partially obstruct part of the open run. Once I get this part completely done, we might start worrying about that. We have SO MANY projects that need to be dealt with at our house and in the yard...it's just on the wish list.

 

[CCUK]

Here's mine. It didn't cost much. Mostly the wire and screws hinges etc. I scrounged most of the wood and just redesignated the kids old play house. The blue one I made from a cat run somebody was scrapping. I had to make the coop out of a 5x5 play house.





 

[Peppercorngal]

My husband and son built a shed for the coop with a steel door and deadbolt, and I personally built the run. Hard to see because of the oak trees. It was costly, but we have fox, coyote, dogs and bears. We lost our flock of 17 chickens (only two hens survived) last October and it was important to have a safe nighttime coop.