Hi! I figured I'd post the pictures of my new coop that we've been making since July. I wanted to combine my ducks, bantams and big hens into one bigger coop. It's been quite the upgrade, and lots of research has been done. They had a 4'x4' coop with a 6'x8' run, but now they have a 7.3'x7.8'...
My backyard is sandwiched between a treeline to the east, and my house on the west, so it's very heavily shaded... so much so that even shade tolerant grass barely even grows. After wanting chickens for years, and many of those years spent trying to convince my husband that we NEEDED to move to...
So my husband did this for me for my birthday this weekend and I just have to brag on him and show you guys!!
The current breeds in my bantam flock are as follows. Red cochin, silkie (4 colors), gold campine, self blue old english, belgian d'anver, d'uccle (mille fleur and porcelain), gold and...
We decided to re-purpose a former doghouse in our shed to a chicken coop. That section of the shed is already insulated by foam board; dimensions are 6'x4' with height of 3.5'. There is about 10" clearance below the shed floor. The run is 20'x12', is enclosed by 5' chainlink fence and has a...
Last spring we lived in a town that wouldn't let us put a shed on our 1 acre lot because we already had a detached garage. Chickens... forget it!
So fast forward to August of the same year and in the midst of a move to a place that suited us better, we found ourselves the proud owner of some...
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This is a VERY long, PICTURE HEAVY coop build article. Brew a pot of coffee, get comfy and enjoy (I hope!)
Less than one year into my life with chickens I became one of those people.
You know who I'm talking about. The people who swear up one wall and down another that they will...