Post by nytrapper23 on Mar 8, 2016 14:51:53 GMT -5
Started the new chicken coop today, I had a 6x6' section inside the garage partitioned off but I need the space back in the garage so I bump it out and will build some new outside pens .
Western,Ny
shawn
Global Moderator Swamp Talker of the Month - 3/2016
I think you just had to come up with a way to use that concrete slab. I guess I'll have to get a pic of quail coup up. Oh ya pick up your framing square. lol
Wade, check that stove pipe, BRO, looks like some pitch running out of it.
Post by nytrapper23 on Mar 10, 2016 23:31:26 GMT -5
Little up date on the coop.
New nest boxes.
With outside flap to collect eggs , no more bothering the birds to get eggs .
Roost is low enough so they are not sitting right in front of the window , when I used to raise homing pigeons I had an owl crash right thru a window to get one sitting on the edge .
String system for the sliding door to outside. Door open .
Door closed.
Almost done inside just need to hang the door .
Western,Ny
rendezvous
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I used a 1"x 3" for the roost. It's laid flat so they can lay on the feet during the sub-zero nights, preventing frostbite. The biggest regret with my coop is my run having a low ceiling, it is a pain in the @$$ to clean! I was thinking more on fending off our winters, wish it was a walk-in type. I will be adding access points for the lower areas for easier cleaning.
Thanks for sharing this project!
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
nytrapper23
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