What is your most clever coop/run idea?

[gale65]

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It sounds weird but that bottom pic? If you stand back and to the side a little (maybe 10 or 12 feet away) it looks like a baby pig instead of 2 chickens. My son was on the couch when I was looking at this thread and he looked over and said oh a baby pig? and I said no, 2 chickens. He said it looks like a pig from here and I thought 'no way'. I went to where he was and he was right-it looked just like a black & white baby pig!

 

[big medicine]

Attach your roosts to the wall with hinges, I can raise and hook the far/ lower end of the roost up to the rafters while cleaning coop or catching birds. Makes it much easier.

 

[Java_chicken_man]

I put in a linolium floor for coop cleanup

 

[Rouen]

I made a secure porch with a drop-down front gate that opened to the run for my ducks. On hot summer days my drake use to love lounging on his front porch. On days I wouldn't be home to watch them, or put them to bed I'd lock up their porch so they'd have fresh air and a little more room to walk around without the threat of loosing them to predation.

 

[TheJuan-n-Only]

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[willkatdawson]

Clever and coop don't go hand in hand in my world. My husband 'accidentally' locked me in for 5 hours one day. I love my coop, but I still have nightmares about my stint doing time with 13 chickens as cell-mates. FYI, chickens NEVER completely shut up.

 

[ChestnutRidge]

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Oh my! I am so jealous! We were just joking about how cool it would be to have a little apartment above the coop - that deck (and coop and run) is awesome!

 

[joneus]

It hasnt been built yet, but I'm leaning towards making a drawbridge for the chicken door with a lockable winch that is operated from the outside. The "rungs" will fit into a series of 1x1x1 blocks screwed to the wall, so when its up it will all fold together with no gaps for critters to squeeze through.

Also, I dunno how well this will work yet, but I've got double dutch doors. In theory, I'm thinking it will be easier to clean if I can open 95% of the back wall. The dutch doors are mostly for whichever neighborhood kid I can get to look after my chickens if I go out of town. They wont have to open the whole door to fill the food and water bins.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

I really like the hoop run that we did. The link is in my siggy. I also like having a storage area in the coop for the feed, shavings, etc.

 

[Barnmaradotte]

Hi guys, I got something I think is cool. I made a gillotine door that is attached to an arm inside the coop that goes to a handle that goes through the wall. I can easily open and close the door from just inside the run door. what ya think?