Articles by pasta514

Here's my pipe feeder for a 3 hen coop. This seems to work well with pellets, but crumble doesn't feed down easily enough. Maybe replace the 60 fitting with a 45 for crumble. here's the initial reaction that it got from the hens. I bought the following from home depot: 2' section of ABS -...

I bought 4 pieces rough redwood 2x4 and ripped three of them down at 30 degrees and one at 0 degrees to make this frame. The angled surfaces prevent the collection of dirt and it sheds the rain. 4 lower corners using a simpson corner bracket. Sealed it with a behr sealer #500-natural before...

23 weeks - egg on the left is from the store. I think Syd laid the one on the right. 8 weeks - Clementine (buff EE), Coots (SLW), and Syd 4 weeks 1 week

This is the original design, but decided not to go with it. When I was cutting out the pieces I realized the darn lid would be pretty heavy and I didn't want anyone getting hurt if it came down unexpectedly. So I planned to add the gas shock lift to the design: Here's a diagram of how I...

Urban Coop - Small, Movable and Self contained (started as a coop, turned into a tractor) REVISED: The coop described below has some modifications. Please consider both pages if you have questions. We live near San Francisco Bay in a very temperate climate; rarely freezing in winter. The...

Urban CoopII This is an update to Urban Coop on my Homepage. Urban Coop I had some good and bad features. Let me tell you what worked and what didn't: What worked: It's really secure. [either that or there are no predators around here. The lid works well and all my friends are pretty...