Recent content by bjmoose

From my Sandra Boynton calendar for today: IMG_0577 by bjmoose posted Jul 3, 2018 at 12:47 PM

Chicken UFO

Please rate my article as part of the "2018 coop rating project." Many folks who've replied previously rated it, but all existing ratings were lost in a technical glitch.

The coop is done and pullets are living in it. They're almost full grown now. Here's the thread where I posted incremental progress "blow-by-blow." https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-chicken-coop-christmas-ornament.1212765/ Here's the article documenting the build...

You're going to have to make a fair number of enhancements and modifications anyway. If you could have bought it used for cheap, then it might have paid off as a pre-made starting point. But rather than buy the kit new (which will still require considerable assembly once you get it) I'd...

I get where you're coming from. That's gotta be well over $300 of lumber. It's a shame not to use it. If you can't return it, perhaps you can sell it on craigslist. Folks are building fences all the time and you've got some high-grade fenceposts there.

So far, nobody has mentioned the fact that you're talking about "ground contact" lumber aka "pressure treated" lumber. It's pressure treated to inject chemical protectant into the outside edge of the wood. If you do succeed in ripping it down to smaller nominal pieces of wood, it won't be...

Interesting. Yes, there were previously 6 "5 star" ratings. Also, even though I can scroll down and see the comments as you mention, the comment count in the "Article Information" header shows zero comments.

I noticed this morning that on my coop article, all the comments and ratings were gone. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/a-modular-ikea-style-coop-for-an-urban-backyard.73775/

Plastic roofing! Wise choice. As someone who also had to build in the garage and move into place, I like "modular" coop builds. Those pieces still look pretty heavy. Four folks to lift each module?

"Bigger is better" but even 25x25 is about 10x the "minimum recommended space." Remember, your enclosure serves two purposes: 1. keep the chickens in. 2. keep the chicken eating predators out. Even urban environments have common predators such as hawks and raccoons. I assume on a run of that...

There are some stale links in the informational post at the top of this thread. You might want to consider updating them. e.g. "Coop Designs" and "chicken coops" I didn't click on all of them, so there may be more.

OK, I created an article for the "Ikea Style" modular coop. (aka the "christmas ornament" coop) https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/a-modular-ikea-style-coop-for-an-urban-backyard.73775/

I've aggregated the information in this thread into an article: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/a-modular-ikea-style-coop-for-an-urban-backyard.73775/