My attempts at using natural limbs as roosting materials.
This is their entrance - Underneath the wood that is in the doorway it is connected by hooks and eyes but is removeable and is able to be shut should I need to close the door and have the coop closed. In the back you can see the wall that I have pieced together a window and it's not an exceptional window, but I put a hardware cloth frame over the hole that wouldn't allow the birds to exit the hole. We'll see. Should allow plenty of ventilation. We aren't having crazy weather right now and it's close to our house so there isn't going to be any kind of crazy winds that will be coming in that window or rains that would go in there, either.
Also you can somewhat see on the right side, a piece of wood that holds the water system that the chickens just do not have a clue how to use. It's the
http://www.beaktime.com/beakup.php product with the cups that hooks to the water hose. I bought a rainwater barrel that I can hook a water hose to so I don't have to hook it to the city water in case of leaks or anything breaks.
This shows the whole living area and also the nesting area as well, as I haven't partitioned the nesting area off yet. It also shows my homemade feeder that someone gave me the idea of on youtube, I think. The chickens haven't warmed to it crazily, yet.. and they might not -- we shall see. I liked the idea of it. This picture was taken before I added another branch that the previous picture shows.
This was an old picture - I've replaced these waterers for much larger ones now.
This shows the external coop all closed up prior to the nesting area being finished. I added a vent though I didn't really think that ventilation would be an issue with the coop. I actually think in this picture the roof isn't even done! LOL I promise you it's all completed! haha!
