Awesome! This is exactly what I was looking for. I might use mine as a greenhouse when unoccupied, also! How did you attach your hoops to the "base"? It looks like your hoops are elevated a couple feet as well.
Most of them feathered out in the colors predicted. They are much bigger/fluffier than leghorns.
This one has an interesting "bib" pattern. If you squint, it almost looks like the bird in the first post.
Are the pallets sufficient for a base frame? I know there are builds *like* this on YouTube, but this is my build.
Question 2: How critical is it that the hoops are straight and level on the x- and y-axis? The pallets are mismatched and warped due to being free.
This is sort of a slapdash build using whatever garbage I find on the side of the road.
I have pallets held in place using t-posts, and two cattle panels hooped in the middle. I plan to add t-posts + pallets along the back and front, with one front pallet hinged for a door. I will bolt the...
This is a 10-week-old hamburg from McMurray hatchery. It's supposed to be a sexed pullet, but the feathers look odd to me. A neighbor says it looks like it might have mange 😳 What's up with this chicken?
It is a clever solution. I especially like the last suggestion of hanging gutters on the edges as bumpers/rain collection. Although, after thinking about what I would need to make the roof decapitation-proof, it seems like a regular wood+shingle roof would be the least amount of work. Same with...
I'm not opposed to metal roof, but I don't have a way to cut it. And this might sound stupid, but my coop is at about face level, and I have this irrational fear that one day I'll move too quickly and slice my head open on a metal edge.
Thank you for your input. I certainly don't want something that will mold and rot, but proper shingles are beyond my skill level. Like, I would probably put them on crooked.
Yes, I was looking for something just like that! Peel-and-stick roof, sounds so simple. Just wanted to get a second...
Egg prices are downright cheap in the current year. I never got around to completing this project (sigh) but that's a great idea about the seramas. I'm surprised to hear that seramas are hard to breed and hatch. Aren't they basically like quail? Come to think of it, quail might be a good...