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TOPIC: My coop!

My coop! 28 May 2014 20:53 #1411

This is one of my coops that I built using an old 10'x10' storage shed for a hen house. After cleaning up the shed, I installed perches and nest boxes, also good place to store my metal garbage cans for their food! I took old hog wire panels that were used as old fencing in my back fields, (After I priced new panels,they were $50.00 per 16' panel). Panels were necessary to reinforce the coop due to coyotes and other critters. At the end, I wrapped standard chicken wire over the hog wire and chicken wire over the top due to a large number of owls that like to hang around the house. For the frame I used all treated landscaping timbers and treated 2"x4". I will take more pictures of the inside of the hen house and the completed outside coop. The following pictures are of when I was in the process of building. Hope you enjoy and hope this will spark an idea to utilize spare material laying around your place!



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Last Edit: 28 May 2014 22:20 by HFI_Matt.
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My coop! 28 May 2014 22:32 #1416

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Looking awesome!!! So I am thinking your going to cute a hole in the side of the shed and slapping in a coop door?

I think this dude has a cool idea on auto coop doors:)

He who has a glass house should not cast stones...
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My coop! 01 Jun 2014 14:23 #1451

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Awesome looking chicken yard!

Matt I love the chicken door opener. It made me laugh. LOL
Come to my garden and sit with me...
Among the flowers and honey bees...
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My coop! 03 Jun 2014 13:26 #1463

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Great looking coop!
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