Ze coop, she is done! Tell me what you think. pics!

[peepkeeper]

My coop is 8x12, the run is 10x20. I used the beams from the upstairs deck as frames for the walls. The windows I found in the old shed. My house is an old farmhouse, and the back of the house is an old woodroom leading to the outside. I built the coop onto the woodroom, so it is attached to the house and I can go straight from the kitchen to the woodroom to the coop. I don't have to go outside in Adirondack weather to tend the chickens! And I can store feed and shavings and things right in the woodroom. What do you think?

 

[PurpleChicken]

Looks great. It's nice to have the coop part of the house. No need
to go outside on those wintery NY days.

I think it was so nice of you to get the chickies their own washing machine
and dog too. Wow, you must love them a lot.

 

[peepkeeper]

Ha that's the view from the coop to the kitchen with all the stuff in the woodroom. Thanks!

 

[jimnjay]

Very nice! I have used the same type of fencing and It is so nice and easy for me. 10 x 20 is a great size for your birds as well. I have not lost the grass in most of my pens yet. I had to cut the size of one pen this year and with the dought It has gotten bare. I suspect with adequate water this fall and spring it will come back. It really nice to have the grass.

 

[betejean]

Great pen. I wish my babies were closer especially in yucky weather!

 

[Standard Hen]

That was a good idea, what a nice set-up. I will be thinking of you this winter as I am trudging to the barn and coops in blizzard conditions.

 

[valmom]

My idea of heaven is to NOT go outside to tend animals in the snow I would love an old fashioned house with the barn (and coop, of course) attached to the house.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I think it was a brilliant idea! Try not to rub it in too much this winter.

 

[BeckyLa]

What a great idea! And so convenient. Ya definately done good. You said you have really bad winters in the mountains of NY so I would suggest sealing the windows better so you don't have a stiff chilling breeze wafting through your coop when the big chill comes.

 

[peepkeeper]

Thanks all. Thanks BeckyLa, I thought of that too. I'm not sure how to insulate the windows without making them impossible to open, though. I could stuff the cracks with that fiberglass stuff for the winter but I'm afraid of the chickens eating it. Any suggestions?