Well Here it Is, 3 Hour "Quick Coop" PIC HEAVY!

[SandraMort]

Looking at this makes me wonder... I have multiple unused panels. Do you think I could take a 6x6 pen and rig up shelves on them for quail? I'm just brainstorming here... not sure how I'd keep them in when I open up the door, but they do fly well enough to keep from falling off the shelves, though there would have to be lips to keep the eggs from rolling off.

Edit: No, wait, wait. I know!

OK. I've got a 6x6 pen with a door. I put a plastic tarp over the top to keep them relatively dry. I use S hooks to hold lightweight shelves in place with lightweight screen "doors" hinged onto the shelves to close in the birds on the shelf below. Then underneath all the shelves, I've got bsf bins that extend half a foot or so past the 3' mark so I can just scoop the droppings off the shelf into the waiting bins below. Now I just need to think of what to make their little shelters out of and how to elevate the back end of the shelf just a crumb so the eggs roll forward and are caught by a nice little lip at the front of the shelf.

Edit: If I have a 6x6 or 3x6 panel, can I make a roof over the shelves with it or will the connectors not work that way?

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

my dad use to use those buckets like that for nest boxes

 

[hojo]

We are making our coop out of a dog pen, I haven't been able to find much else on the internet but love the ideas I've seen, thanks a bunch for these pictures, they are so helpful!

 

[txchickie]

DIgging this thread out for a quick question.........how did you "wire" the tin to the kennel panels?


I have a 10x10 kennel just sitting, unused, lonely, and needing a job. I was thinking about putting tin on it for the roof and using it as a run, but with the serious serious wind out here, I would think wiring the tin to the panels would cut the tin if it flapped in the wind?


Can you screw the tin to the kennel frame with those tin roofing screws (with the rubber part on them)? Or would I need to make a wooden frame and attatch the tin to that with screws, and then attatch the wooden frame to the kennel?

 

[easttxchick]

That is a great idea. I may have to steal some(if not all) of your ideas. Excellent coop!

 

[wing it]

great idea love the look of it kinda mod

 

[1stepcloser]

THAT is awesome!!!!!! The buckets were brilliant!!

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Personally, I would screw the tin into a wooden frame. I think if you screw too many screws into the posts of the kennel it's just allow a place of water to get in and promote rust in addition to weakening the posts.

 

[stuckinthecity]

This is an EXCELLENT COOP! I love your Flock btw, very pretty RIRs.

 

[salvationfarms]

I have a 6x10 kennel that I am working on and I like your idea was very nice, I've went around the bottom with netting wire, put fence over top along with a tarp, having trouble figuring on how to do the nesting boxes as of now I have milk crates in the pen .