In response to requests for plans to build this coop, we offer the following package:
2 "SketchUp" 3D computer models of the Wichita Cabin Coop design (1 of basic framing details, and 1 of entire coop)
PDF document of "Wichita Cabin Coop Building Guidelines & Material List"
The SketchUp files...
Looks who's finally big enough to pick up and carry the chickens -- !! :-)
They like to hop up to be with her on the swingset / slide...
There is a whole lot of "chicken hugging" going on in our backyard nowadays...
Went out to check for eggs and our best layer (Kung Pao, a R.I.Red) was in the nesting box around 2:30 pm. Went back out around 3 pm, she had laid her egg but was laying on her side in the run. At first I thought maybe she was in the process of taking a dust bath as she and the other 3 hens...
Seems like a lot of people currently positng about losses to hawks over the past couple months. We lost one ourselves a couple month ago to a large red-tailed hawk. I am just curious if this is somewhat linked to the time of year, since I don't recall having / seeing so many problems with this...
Well, not rats, really -- probably a raccoon or possums. We have plenty of both lurking around our neighborhood and backyard at times. This was a little surprising, though, because I found her just after sundown, and still very light outside (my wife had been out about an hour earlier and saw...
So how do I post this coop design to one of the coop design pages (small, medium?)?? I've already designed the page:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=66725
Oh, and and how / can you change the title of a page once it's been created? Seems like you're allowed to put in a...