Nice job.
How will you collect eggs?
How will you collect eggs?
So I decided to build an underground coop: UPDATE pg 33
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I love this! You should come build a few in our yard. We live on a hill!
Great Job!
I love this coop! Want to come build me one?
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Dry! You could have seen a grown man cry if it hadn't.
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At the bottom, there's nothing. At the top, there's woven plastic tarps, the stuff that lumberyards wrap their wood in. I sort of made an "umbrella" of tarps under the first few inches of soil to divert water away as it soaks into the ground.
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It has a little bit, but not much. I had planned on "chinking" between the timbers with ripped 2x4's, but now I think I may just leave it as-is. If I were starting over again, I would have done a lot of things differently, and the walls would be one of them.
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It's 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide, so you have to duck through the door. It's not too bad, though, as you're immediately heading down and there's 8 1/2 feet of headroom inside. I still need to build steps, right now I'm using a lawn chair. I think the chickens will use the same door, although I'm toying with the idea of a small door-within-the-door. I bought a super heavy-duty stainless steel hinge from a surplus place, it was from the armored door of a Hummer.
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I'll build a few and fasten them along one of the walls, along with a couple roosts and dropping boards.
I'm hoping that with a really thick layer of dry leaves on the floor to scratch around in they'll be cozy in there this winter, and that with all the earth-sheltering the neighbors won't hear the rooster.
Dry! You could have seen a grown man cry if it hadn't.
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At the bottom, there's nothing. At the top, there's woven plastic tarps, the stuff that lumberyards wrap their wood in. I sort of made an "umbrella" of tarps under the first few inches of soil to divert water away as it soaks into the ground.
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It has a little bit, but not much. I had planned on "chinking" between the timbers with ripped 2x4's, but now I think I may just leave it as-is. If I were starting over again, I would have done a lot of things differently, and the walls would be one of them.
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It's 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide, so you have to duck through the door. It's not too bad, though, as you're immediately heading down and there's 8 1/2 feet of headroom inside. I still need to build steps, right now I'm using a lawn chair. I think the chickens will use the same door, although I'm toying with the idea of a small door-within-the-door. I bought a super heavy-duty stainless steel hinge from a surplus place, it was from the armored door of a Hummer.
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I'll build a few and fasten them along one of the walls, along with a couple roosts and dropping boards.
I'm hoping that with a really thick layer of dry leaves on the floor to scratch around in they'll be cozy in there this winter, and that with all the earth-sheltering the neighbors won't hear the rooster.
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Thought about making nesting boxes that were accessible from the outside, but couldn't come up with a practical way that looked nice. I'll just go inside. There's an expression about the best fertilizer for a garden being the gardener's shadow, and I figure the same thing applies to critters. I should check food, water and bedding up close every day anyway. Plus, I'll build in a pull-up bar between the two support posts. I like to do a few pull-ups every day to maintain my movie-star, Greek-god physique.
Thought about making nesting boxes that were accessible from the outside, but couldn't come up with a practical way that looked nice. I'll just go inside. There's an expression about the best fertilizer for a garden being the gardener's shadow, and I figure the same thing applies to critters. I should check food, water and bedding up close every day anyway. Plus, I'll build in a pull-up bar between the two support posts. I like to do a few pull-ups every day to maintain my movie-star, Greek-god physique.
Cardboard will compost...use the black plastic for the barrier cover...
Looks fantastic. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Looks fantastic. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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That's okay, it'd only be there to prevent the membrane from being punctured by rocks or shovels or rakes while the dirt is being put on.
That's okay, it'd only be there to prevent the membrane from being punctured by rocks or shovels or rakes while the dirt is being put on.
Cool! thanks for answering all of our questions
That is a very cool coop, and I, for one, look forward to future updates!
wow, I just went thru this whole thread and what an awesome project! Awesome chicken house, too.
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