Chicken Coop - Part Deaux

[Joe Scharle]

Got a chance to work on this today...​

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[Mt. Gomer]

Looking good Joe!

 

[Canuck]

Man Joe!!!

It looks more like chicken condo, not a coop!!!:icon_thum:icon_thum

Hope those chickens like their new digs and produce a bountiful egg supply.

Well done.

Wayne

(Call me if you need any help with the wallpaper hanging.:wsmile

 

[DaveO]

That will work quite nicely. Do you plan to elevate it once you put it in the run? I would lift it about 12" to help keep the interior floor dry and provide the hens with a short ramp to access. Also I would recommend adding a few small ventilation holes near the top, covered with hardware cloth, to allow cross ventilation for the summer heat.
If you really want the chickens and their keepers to like you rig up a timer activated door system. Every morning we have to get up and let the chickens out of the coop, and every evening we have to lock them down again. It would be nice to have that done automatically.

Dave

 

[Joe Scharle]

Point taken on the vent holes, Dave. What I did was leave a 1" gap between the siding and the roof at the front, to act as a ridge vent. In the cold months, a lenght of backer rod can be rolled up into the gap. Comes out to be 45 sq in of vent hole.
This one will sit 16" above ground on a movable frame. Will give some shade in summer and there's enough leftover siding to screen 3 sides in winter.
If it were for me, I'd certainly incorporate an auto door!

And Wayne, where were you when I was wrestling those sheets?????:gar-Bi

And thanks, Mt. Gomer..

 

[Ray Martin]

Not knowing anything about chickens :dontknow:, or their cribs :icon_scra, how many chickens go into that thing?

 

[scsmith42]

Great design and manufacture Joe! I think that I'll be giving you a call for assistance when I relocate my coop later this year!:gar-La;

Scott

 

[Joe Scharle]

Not knowing anything about chickens :dontknow:, or their cribs :icon_scra, how many chickens go into that thing?

Hopefully, it will house 4 chickens comfortably.

 

[Joe Scharle]

Great design and manufacture Joe! I think that I'll be giving you a call for assistance when I relocate my coop later this year!:gar-La;

Scott

Scott, let's get it done before my GC lic renewal in Oct.
I'll put in for a 'pollo del casa' endorsement! :gar-La;

 

[dlrion]

Wow! good job. I really like the lifting lever. It took me a while to see the groove you cut in it... something didn't look right.

Awesome Job.

Dan

 

[Joe Scharle]

Wow! good job. I really like the lifting lever. It took me a while to see the groove you cut in it... something didn't look right.

Awesome Job.

Dan

Right..I could have used a sway link, but this was simpler. Which is good in my case!

 

[jhreed]

Joe & Dave, do yall eat that many eggs? I wish I was close enough. My grandfather always had a friend with chickens everywhere he lived. He liked the chicken manure for his tomatoes. His tomatoes were the best. You would bite them and they would bite you back. His buddies called him "chicken squat Reed". They used a word that is not allowed on this forum.
James

p.s. his nick name was tumble bug Reed

 

[CDN_Maple]

Nice coop. I have been looking at different styles of coop and I like this one. Unfortunately, I have to convince my wife to let us have chickens first....Thanks for sharing your progress.

 

[bsquared]

Really a super lookin job on the coop. You are going to need some "high rent chickens" to occupy that condo.
I would higly recommend a few bars of "Sic'em on a Chicken" by the Zac Brown Band when you move your first tennants in to add ambience!