We bought a used coop with run a couple of weekends ago from some very great people, I mean super nice. Since we had to dismantle it anyway we figured we'd make our own out of the pieces. Plus we were able to use up some of the pieces in our yard.
Here's the old:
Here's ours this far:
Please excuse the mess...we are still in construction mode. It has taken us about 24+ hours to get this far. That's just counting since we brought it home. Taking off the chicken wire, the screw, nails, etc...
We cut the old nesting box in half. We will be putting the other half on top of these three. Under the boxes we will put their food and water. There will also be a ramp from the ground to the boxes on the left. For now our coop is open. It is so hot here that we wanted to give them as much air as possible. We'll play winter by ear.
Resting on the chair is the perch which will go along the back side. The chair...well, I put the chicks in the coop and watch them.
The top is all from the old coop. We left the siding over hang to give the hens more shade.
There are a few more areas we need to tighten up and staple down. But for the most part it's just about there.
Oh, the girls...they LOVE being in there future home. They are already dust bathing, foraging, exploring, etc. We let them out more than some folks from what I have read, but then again, those folks have hens that are much older who don't dust bathe, etc.
For now we had to upgrade their indoor home to this...
They are in the office now and love the extra running space.
Flying the coop! Red is always the first out of the box! You should've heard the other two inside itching to get out.
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