Thanks to all the contributors

[Dmontgomery]

I joined BYC about 2 years ago. I never posted anything, I just soaked up information. We built our first coop over the July 4th weekend in 2014. I used what I had at the time to slap something together and move 10 chickens from my son's old house to his new lot. The little coop and run only took a couple days. It looks like something Oliver would have built on "Green Acres".
By April of this year our little group had dwindled down to 2 bantam hens and a rooster. So we decided it was time to rebuilld the flock and the coop. We purchased 35 new chicks locally and the next day one of the bantams went broody with her 3 eggs.
3 weeks ago I started on the NEW coop after several months of research on BYC. I "finished" it today. It's now in our yard so I don't have to travel 1/4 mile to my son's to check on them every morning. The coop is 16x16, with an additional 8x16 covered, and a 16x24 predator proof run.
Without all your help none of it would have been possible. Thank you so much. I hope to be able to post all the photos soon.

 

[teach1rusl]

Yes - we all love pictures!! We all "steal" bits and pieces (ideas) from seeing all the different types of coops out there

 

[Dmontgomery]

The finished coop with some of the flock inside. Still need to clean up and landscape around the outside.

Finally a sunny day for a better image.

 

[Eggsoteric]

Nicely done! Funny how chicken math "sneaks" up on you, eh?

 

[teach1rusl]

The finished coop with some of the flock inside. Still need to clean up and landscape around the outside.


Finally a sunny day for a better image.

That looks great!

 

[Dmontgomery]

That looks great!

Thanks. Went to your coop page. Looks like we have pretty much the same runs! How tall is yours? I got tired of bumping my head while collecting eggs so everything is 5'10" or higher.

 

[TerryH]

Beautiful job!!

 

[teach1rusl]

Ours

Thanks. Went to your coop page. Looks like we have pretty much the same runs! How tall is yours? I got tired of bumping my head while collecting eggs so everything is 5'10" or higher.

Yeah, that's our "big girl" run - it's 6 ft. tall.

We have two other coops/runs as well - all the runs are "people sized" lol!

 

[Dmontgomery]

My old run was about 8' but I was really dumb with my old coop. It started out 6' but had a sloped roof with a 1/12 pitch. So walking to the back to collect eggs caused me to bang my head, everyday for 2 years. The lowest point of my new run is a 5'10" door and everything gets higher from there going to 7'. The coop roof is 9'. At this stage of life I expect to start shrinking, not getting taller.

 

[jennyf]

Very neat! What did you use over the top of the run?