Who has a walk in coop?

[nightshade]

raindrop- your opening windows , are they just old windows or are they regular windows that are suspose to open. I would like to add more windows in the addition, and I have some laying around. But they are not ones that open they are stationary ones

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[raindrop]

They are old windows- you can see one set on the south facing side are like little french doors so were meant to open, the others are single pane windows that have hinges on the top only and I prop them open. I need to put hooks on the outside so I can bungee the french door windows open, they blow around in the wind a lot. The other mistake I made is not allowing enough clearance for the windows. They had been in storage at my dad's forever and were really dry. One wet Oregon winter and they were so swollen we had to take them down and plane off the edges. Same with the door.
It doesn't get cold here often so I usually keep the windows open for ventilation. The "screens" are hardware cloth.

 

[theOEGBman]

I found a few pictures of mine. We built it in about 3 hours, so its not the best. My uncle had a huge wooden table lying in the pasture, so we used it for the base. It worked perfectly. Hopefully we can build a new one though, because the doors on this one swelled and its hard to open. Also, we replaced the glass door. We just had it in there for that day.

Also, you can see that it is raised, but on the left, the wood goes all the way to the ground. That was because my dad forgot the cut it before screwing it onto the frame. We were too tired to take it down and cut it,lol. So its stayed. We've painted it since these pics were taken.

 

[mergmet]

my latest coop is 18x41 and one of those prefab carports with sides and a big rolling door at one end. for that size building it was very cost effective.

we built coops inside 3x6 and 6x6. each inside coop will soon have an outside run at least double its inside size. This will be used for this springs breeders. I ended up with about 22 coops between the sizes.

the next one I will do is a carport without the sides and build the sides to enclose for the winter OR just build houses under the shelter and large runs.

this is a great way to get an inexpensive shelter, the only problem so far is that the fully enclosed building sweats and gets very humid. This won't be a problem in the summer when I run exhaust fans, but closed up in the winter it gets damp by morning when I open it back up.

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[Charlie Chicken]

You just can't beat those walk in coops. This one is a converted 10' x 10' horse stall with plenty of room for all the facilities and 25 birds.

 

[pips&peeps]

This is my new building. I will have five appx 8x10 coops and one 8x16 for layers.

It is not finished yet There is a 6 foot walk way for easy cleaning and storage of food, and rooster cages.

Each coop will have a run the same size outside. You can barely see one of my old buildings on the right. It is a shed and I will still use it for specific breedings to improve certain lines. I may even use it for my hatchery.

According to the NPIP rules, you cannot have your incubator in a room where you keep your brooder or other chickens. It also cannot be in a room that you have "storage" in and it must be easily cleaned.

Check out my orange fence, gotta love that well water....

 

[AtRendeAcres]

Charlie Chicken you have Pretty chickens (what are they)

 

[Charlie Chicken]

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The flock in the photo is Barred Plymouth Rock. My all time favorite breed of chickens.

 

[sawyer]

We have an 8' x 8' walk in coop. It took me several days to get the roosts and nest boxes in the right places to make it convenient to get the eggs, do the water and feed and lights without making the girls unneccesarily nervous. It was previously a dog house for raising husky pups and keeping harnesses, sleds, etc. I've put in a small door where the pups went in and out into a 4' x 8' x 6' tall covered chain link run that juts out into the dog run where we keep two older huskies. The dogs are a bit interested and I dare say they would take a chicken if they could get to one, but I only let the girls out when I can keep an eye on the dogs. This is my first coop and I'm very happy with it and the chickens seem very content.

These are the same photo's I previously posted when trying to find out what kind of chickens I have.

Sawyer

 

[horsewishr]

Here's some pictures of mine:

The inside is divided into a chicken area and a garden-storage area. The garden tools will be getting the heave-ho this spring, and we'll expand the chicken area. What's nice is that when I walk into the chicken house, the girls are behind a second door. They can't escape when I go in and out.

This is one of my favorite innovations. I hung my feeder from the ceiling using a horse trailer tie: