I'm adding to my flock. Fifty chicks, to be exact. We needed another coop, so my wonderful, fantastic, paitent and indulgent DH suggested that we convert our unfinished and currently unused tackshed into a coop. Here are a few pics of our progress so far: The front - before. The west end - before. The east end - before. Between the pens. The doors of the pens will open opposite of each other so I can connect the two pens if I want. Got the "wall" done for the east pen. Ready for occupancy. Using lawn edging to keep them out of the corners - I hope it's tall enough... New door, and the siding should be finished tomorrow. There will be windows on the other side of the door, too.
I did something similar with my shed to coop conversion. I have a left and right section divided by a chicken wire wall. I have a 2x3 chicken door in the middle that I can open so both sides have run of the entire coop. Right now I have my 5 week olds on one side and my 3 1/2 month olds on the other side. I am hoping they get used to each other soon and then I can open the door between. I left four feet in the front for feed storage.
love the shed conversion. i need something similar right away. my dog killed most of my chickens today. my remaining 3 need more company. anyone want a dog?
It looks great! Yours and Chicken_S's - seems perfect for keeping everything organized and allowing the chicks to be safely integrated.
