YO GEORGIANS! :)

[valleychicks]

How adorable! Thank you for the pictures! What breeds are they?

A couple are barnyard mix, some Silkies and an EE chick. I will go back and edit the pictures to give a better idea of breed. I don't know why I didn't do that to start with.

 

[RoswellOrganic]

Thank you, Valleychicks. I have a lot to learn, reading as much as I can

On a separate note, I scored 50 2x2 cypress boards on craigslist. 5.5" long, perfect size for my tractor plans. Got plenty of 1/4" hardware cloth and lath screws to attach them. Getting ready to start building the coop this weekend. Looking forward to the swap in February.

I posted my design ideas that I gathered from books and byc posts under the coop post your pictures here post. Hopefully someone will let me know if I missed something big Hoping I am doing this right, my first time building anything.

 

[valleychicks]

What a bunch of cuties! Everyone seems to be doing well with the cold here. I stuck a small reptile heat lamp in the coop for my skinny EE, Hawkbait. She's the low one on the pecking order. Otherwise, all my ladies are doing great. Of course my JG are the size of a barge, so they have no problem staying warm!

Our Partridge Cochin hen is loving the cool weather! She is a big girl just covered in feathers. I'll try to get a picture of her today.

 

[carcar80]

Hi guys. Hope everyone is warm today. I'm home, chasing leads on birds I want but will NEVER get apparently. lol! I will, just a matter of right price/right time. Hatch due tomorrow so I'm also peeking in the bator a little but not near as much as last weekend.

 

[Flowerbh]

Thank you, Valleychicks. I have a lot to learn, reading as much as I can

On a separate note, I scored 50 2x2 cypress boards on craigslist. 5.5" long, perfect size for my tractor plans. Got plenty of 1/4" hardware cloth and lath screws to attach them. Getting ready to start building the coop this weekend. Looking forward to the swap in February.

I posted my design ideas that I gathered from books and byc posts under the coop post your pictures here post. Hopefully someone will let me know if I missed something big Hoping I am doing this right, my first time building anything.

I just took a look at your design. Looks nice except, I would have the roosts go longways. Just imagine yourself being a chicken on the way to the nest...(like every day!). Will the chicken have to duck to pass under the roosts? And remember, there will be lots of poop under the roosts, so your chickens will have to walk over the poop, get it on their feet and hop into the nest with dirty feet. If there are other eggs in there, they will probably get dirtier than you would like. I would probably put the ramp on the front and the roosts along the whole back side. That would leave open most of the coop for walking around in. I think you had door under the coop....just make sure they are made big enough so you can get into them....to clean and to go after a chicken if you need to. Are there other vents in the top at the back, too? I will look again.

 

[Melanieh]

In Long County, GA. It's between Jesup and Hinesville

 

[RoboDuck]

In Long County, GA. It's between Jesup and Hinesville

Where's Jessup and Hinesville?

Welcome.... hope you stay longer than some of the last folks. They just poked their heads in and then ran away screaming. I suspect it's carcar's fault but I"m not one to point fingers.


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[carcar80]

Welcome.... hope you stay longer than some of the last folks.  They just poked their heads in and then ran away screaming.  It's my fault.


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Robo. Have I told you lately how glad I am that you taught me the art of misquoting? Makes it so easy to set the record straight in most cases.

Like this one, for example.

Melanieh, welcome!!

 

[carcar80]

@Melanieh.. What kind of birds do you keep?

 

[valleychicks]

Thank you, Valleychicks. I have a lot to learn, reading as much as I can

On a separate note, I scored 50 2x2 cypress boards on craigslist. 5.5" long, perfect size for my tractor plans. Got plenty of 1/4" hardware cloth and lath screws to attach them. Getting ready to start building the coop this weekend. Looking forward to the swap in February.

I posted my design ideas that I gathered from books and byc posts under the coop post your pictures here post. Hopefully someone will let me know if I missed something big Hoping I am doing this right, my first time building anything.

Looks good! I took a look at your design too and @Flowerbh is right about the roost. The chickens will make most of their mess while on the roost so you don't want them crossing through the roost to the nest box. I don't have pictures of my coop up yet, just been too busy with all the weather/chicken math/weather... If you really want input on what you are doing with your coops put the link to your plans with a little note asking for input in your signature. We love giving our input

. I love learning all I can about chickens but I'm chicken nerdy like that at least that is what my family says. I don't know what they mean.