MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'S (PICS ONLY PLEASE)Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'SOur home made house and run
The run is approx 5m x 1m (16ft x 3ft) but not tall enough to stand up in (just less than 5ft maybe). Will add more pictures of the house when I can. Welshy
Lynne's Canadian CoopThis coop is built inside a typical red barn, from a former horse stall. Our major concerns are predation and winter. So the run is roofed, and caged in 1/2" hardware cloth, some of it buried as a flange to keep diggers out. We're talking foxes, coyotes, bears, cougars, bobcats, feral cats, raccoons, eagles, hawks, owls, pine martens, weasels, mink and various other carnivores. The coop is also insulated with fibreglass, and the batts are vapor-sealed on te warm side and tuck-taped to exclude insects and mice. In winter we put up thin snow boards made of 1/4" plywood to keep drifts out.
There are platforms indoors and out to keep the birds dry and to give the coop and run more interest and places where the hens do not come beak to beak if they do not wish! In recent years our summers have been very hot, sometimes humid and we get periods of alternating sun and rain. Temps from 17-32C are typical. In winter we are in a snow belt and we can get temps in January and February dipping to -25C, occasionally for extended periods. Water heaters are necessary and we supplement light for a few hours in the mornings when the days get short. A colony of feral cats uses the barn but the individuals never come into contact with the hens. Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
~Emily Dickinson http://goldenhillsfarm.blogspot.com/201 ... -farm.html
Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'SHi all we are new to this site and have now had our 4 chickens a week thought i would try and share some pictures.[img][IMG]http://i753.photobucket.com/albums/xx176/neilstuart/th_Photo0107-1.jpg[/img]
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Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'SHere is the run we have built for our three girls which adjoins the shed that they can enter through a pophole They also have a 6ft x 4 ft area inside the shed. The end is separated off for some of our quail. As our garden is narrow I couldn't get it all in but the roof is covered with corrugated plastic to keep the rain and foxes out. http://poppysplace25.blogspot.com/
Some progressHere's how we started.
The Monochrome Set 3 chickens in a Garden Loft, 2m x 1m "Enough for 4 chickens" garden-loft Then we just let them out for a while Image0005 But we got scared they'd do a runner. So we put up a little bit of a fence dust bathing But we weren't convinced cos their heads were at the same height as the top of the fence. So we had a re-think with some safety tape - no crime scene, honest! Mark II run by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/52518139@N02/] They like it, I think! A bit of a hill by The Pobble RedFlannel, on Flickr 1 dumbo rat still without a name; 2 top eared rats Octavia and Ursula
1 Rhode Rock, 1 Sussex Star, 1 Blue Ranger - The New Monochrome Set My crafty blog, it's Frugal too http://relovedremnants.blogspot.co.uk/
Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'SWell, they seem to like flattening hills
Duck Dabbling Cos it didn't last long 20 minutes later and no hill So now we are pricing up the electric fence options. I really can't stand the thought of that tape staying in place - I keep looking over my shoulder for a UK H, Mac, Grissom etc to come up the garden path! 1 dumbo rat still without a name; 2 top eared rats Octavia and Ursula
1 Rhode Rock, 1 Sussex Star, 1 Blue Ranger - The New Monochrome Set My crafty blog, it's Frugal too http://relovedremnants.blogspot.co.uk/
Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'Shttp://picasaweb.google.co.uk/118251886 ... aosfqW-AE#
This is my run which has evolved over 10 months and isnt quite finished. Mum to Sox and Boo,and hens, Bramble,
Belle,Bourbon,Holly,Ivy, May and June RIP Daisy my cat,and Spice, Clara, Alice, Biscuit, Cookie Clarice and Henrietta. Over rainbow bridge, but never forgotten.
Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'SYou have no idea how much help you were in our decision making, little brown hen, thanks a lot!
1 dumbo rat still without a name; 2 top eared rats Octavia and Ursula
1 Rhode Rock, 1 Sussex Star, 1 Blue Ranger - The New Monochrome Set My crafty blog, it's Frugal too http://relovedremnants.blogspot.co.uk/ Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'SThis is my coop and run - the photos were taken before the chickens arrived - we now have a ladder up to the pop hole, aubiose on the run floor and a tarp over the roof of the run. Initially we let them out round the side of the house where the coop is, now they are using the whole garden
Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'SMy new coop made by my husband, he's started extending it already and we haven't even got the chickens yet!
Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'SWe used to foster dogs so these were our old kennels - able to convert quite easily and now house 3 pekins, 2 buff orpingtons and a 'mystery bird' !
Awaiting the arrival of lots more chickens - just waiting for them to be sexed Hope you like it ?
Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'SAh ha!
All fenced in now. The link to my piccies is below but, with lots of helpo from people here our 3 have gone from this bijou residence garden-loft To this crime scene Mark II run To this electrified paradise Finally It's up They have all had to experience the 'bump', but only once. Now they show the fence a healthy respect! So, almost done. Just some winterising to do and hopefully they'll be happy chucklets for ever! 1 dumbo rat still without a name; 2 top eared rats Octavia and Ursula
1 Rhode Rock, 1 Sussex Star, 1 Blue Ranger - The New Monochrome Set My crafty blog, it's Frugal too http://relovedremnants.blogspot.co.uk/
Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'Sfinally....my new run and coop...so pleased with it..and the chooks love it!!!
mum of three beautiful children two girls one boy, partner Adrian whom I adore, two step daughters, Archie the Bassett hound, scatz the cat, custard the hamster and my three girls...Elbie, Molly and Domino!!!
Re: MEMBERS CHICKEN COOP PHOTO'STesting
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