The Chicken Coop dad was kind enough to build for me. I would say I helped but most of the time I felt like I was just standing around. This was the coop on the second day. The process took a total of three days to build.
Alaina was organizing dads organizer. She particularly liked the rubber bands. She put them on her wrists. I guess it's time to make her some more braceletts. Gavin kindly decided to help her out. Mostly because he saw us taking pictures of her.
Wala. The finished chicken coop. Doesn't it look great. It wasn't until we were finished that we realized we didn't think about how to get it into the back yard. oops. We ended up having to take a section of the fence out and bring it into our neighbors back yard and then through the fence. It sounds more complicated then it was. The chickens like it so much they don't want to come out when I give them range time.
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Hope you get lost of eggs!
Gotta get some protein in those growing children!
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Aunt Heidi
It turned out really nice! I can't belive how big the chickens have gotten in such a short time.
Was the rubberband bracelet comment the hint. I will make her some bracelets this week, just give me her new wrist measurements.
The chicken coop looks great! It's nice dad could help you, having one on one time with dad is always enjoyable. You will have to post a picture of the ever growing chickens. I can't belive they have grown so big so fast.
Beautiful job. That is a very nice coop. How many chickens do you have? Do you have to have special permits to have them? We have thought about getting some, but I am pretty sure we have to ask the city first. My neighbor just got some, and now we get woke up in the morning by the crowing of her rooster. I don't mind, makes me feel like I live in the country. =)
We don't have to have any special permits. We just have to follow some rules. One we can be fined if any leave our property and second no roosters within city limits.
Hi Andrea,
We just bought baby chicks last weekend and Jeff is in the process of building a coop. Do you have anything you wish you'd done different with your coop? Anything you think is working especially good? Any advice you can give me would be appreciated. Thanks! =)
The design of this coop has worked perfectly. It is heavy but can be moved with four men. I later added roosts to the caged area outside of the nesting boxes. It is their favorite place to sit. So having two or three roosts would be good. Don't have them stick so far out that it makes it hard to get in there and clean though. Also a couple of roosts inside the nesting box would be something I would add. They were roosting in the nesting boxes which meant they pooped there as well. They no longer do that but it was a pain to break them of the habit. We have six nesting boxes but they have their favorite and I will sometimes find two of them in the same nesting box trying to lay eggs at the same time.
Other then that it's worked great. They are a hoot to watch. Do you plan on having them spend time out of the coop? If so beware that they like to eat the leaves of certain plants. My garden, flower and vegetable are now seperated from the chickens. What kind did you get? My Rhode Island Reds will lay up to 6 eggs a week. Another big plus is they don't peck at my kids. Even Alaina can catch them and pick them up.
Hi Andrea - We have 4 buff orpingtons 2 black sexlings and 3 americana's. The Americana's were just born on the 1st and are the littlest of the 9. We do plan to let them spend time out of the coop as much as possible. It just feels like the right thing to do... Although with that said, Jeff made need to make a few barriers as well. He has lots of plants growing around the yard. Savannah is holding them quite a bit, but now that we have them in a bigger "cage" they are harder to catch. I'm hoping they get used to us enough that we can hold them as they get bigger. So far they have been a ton of fun. Well, except for all the poop. Man - it just never stops! I sent your reply to Jeff and now he wants to see your pictures. I'm going to log back in when he gets home so he can check out your coop. Thanks for the reply - I'm sure you'll be hearing from me again soon. We can exchange chicken stories/experiences. =)
One more thing - are all of your chickens Rhode Island Reds? And - will you post some more pictures? =)
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