Hi all. This is my first post here and I thought I'd share my new coop and run.
Thanks to all who posted their great designs. I learned a lot.
Here's what I ended up with.
It's in a ~200 year old barn. The house was build in 1812 and I suspect the barn is older.
I built a roof that hangs off the side of it to use as a run in the summer and firewood storage in winter.
The chickens basically free range at will.
The barn had horse stalls in it, so I took one wall down, then built another in a different spot with a door.
Just used a net over the top to keep them inside the designated space.
Had to seal up a lot of holes in the sides but not too big of a deal. Great stuff sure is some great stuff.
The run is about 16x10 and the interior space is about 8x8.
The whole barn is 16x16
There is some insulation in the walls, by insulation I mean old throw rugs. I think it will be ok. The winters are not too bad in the hudson valley. I"ll be adding electric before the winter comes so they'll be able to have heaters on those really cold nights.
Finally the barn has some animals again.
Thanks to all who posted their great designs. I learned a lot.
Here's what I ended up with.
It's in a ~200 year old barn. The house was build in 1812 and I suspect the barn is older.
I built a roof that hangs off the side of it to use as a run in the summer and firewood storage in winter.
The chickens basically free range at will.
The barn had horse stalls in it, so I took one wall down, then built another in a different spot with a door.
Just used a net over the top to keep them inside the designated space.
Had to seal up a lot of holes in the sides but not too big of a deal. Great stuff sure is some great stuff.
The run is about 16x10 and the interior space is about 8x8.
The whole barn is 16x16
There is some insulation in the walls, by insulation I mean old throw rugs. I think it will be ok. The winters are not too bad in the hudson valley. I"ll be adding electric before the winter comes so they'll be able to have heaters on those really cold nights.
Finally the barn has some animals again.
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