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[PouleChick]

Needless to say the coop is 140 x 140 so we had no waste

 

[504707]

Great job!
Nope but we made our current coop entirely from IKEA futon bases - they were on special for €9 a bed and we thought that was a bargain for so much wood - I think we bought 4 of them! We used all of it too - screws and everything

OOooooh that sounds awesome! We never get that kind of bargains here.

 

[JemimaP]

Great job!
Nope but we made our current coop entirely from IKEA futon bases - they were on special for €9 a bed and we thought that was a bargain for so much wood - I think we bought 4 of them! We used all of it too - screws and everything

Have you got a photo??

 

[JemimaP]

Argh my girls are still determined to roost in the roof of their run. It’s too tricky trying to get them in their coop, I pop one in - go to get another one and the first one runs out!
So I hope I’ve fox proofed the run sufficiently (fingers crossed!) and I’m leaving them to it! I have butterflies tho, I’m worried what I will wake up to!

 

[CCUK]

Argh my girls are still determined to roost in the roof of their run. It’s too tricky trying to get them in their coop, I pop one in - go to get another one and the first one runs out!
So I hope I’ve fox proofed the run sufficiently (fingers crossed!) and I’m leaving them to it! I have butterflies tho, I’m worried what I will wake up to!

If you want them all in, wait till its dark and pluck them off the roost and put them in the coop. When it's dark they tend not to give you the runaround!

 

[boskelli1571]

It's insane the price of that. I took one look at it and went nope.


That's the thing, we are quite literally in middle of Cambridge. 6ft fences, terraced house, cats and dogs in all houses all around us. I have never seen a fox around here. I suppose they congregate in the nature reserves. The biggest predator in our garden is either the chickens or our friendly hedgehog. And he never goes to visit the run.

Don't be fooled, foxes are everywhere - just b/c you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.

 

[JemimaP]

If you want them all in, wait till its dark and pluck them off the roost and put them in the coop. When it's dark they tend not to give you the runaround!

I’ll definitely do this as the nights draw in but it gets dark soooo late! I can’t stay up!

 

[PouleChick]

Have you got a photo??

Yep:

Some of the uprights on the base are made from other wood but all the sides ect are all futon wood

 

[JemimaP]

That’s soooo cool!

 

[CCUK]

Yep:

Some of the uprights on the base are made from other wood but all the sides ect are all futon wood

That's great! It just goes to show that you can get wood from the most unlikely sources!