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re: Have you ever built a chicken coop?
Posted on 4/9/18 at 5:22 pm to doclsu08
Posted on 4/9/18 at 5:22 pm to doclsu08
Know this. Chickens are mean as hell and gross. And you can die from inhaling their shite. I know a guy whose wife died from breathing in dried chicken shite from cleaning her coup. If you have dogs they will roll in chicken shite in the yard. It’s disgusting.
However, the eggs are awesome and you won’t have a bug/frog in your yard.
However, the eggs are awesome and you won’t have a bug/frog in your yard.
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Posted on 4/9/18 at 6:18 pm to Sir Drinksalot
Know this also: Everything that walks, crawls, flies, or slithers loves to eat chickens and/or eggs, so build thy coop well.
This post was edited on 4/9/18 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 4/9/18 at 6:18 pm to Sir Drinksalot
Got 5 eggs this evening.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 6:21 pm to LZ83
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Got 5 eggs this evening.
I got a dozen at the store for $2 and didn't have to clean the shite off them
Posted on 4/9/18 at 6:22 pm to doclsu08
Wichita Chicken Coop is the GOAT for backyard chickens. Look it up.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 6:27 pm to weadjust
My 4 year old wanted to clean them, so I let her.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 8:03 pm to LZ83
I made moveable (tractor) coop that looks like an old Acadian style cottage with corrugated partially rusty metal roof. Even has plexiglass windows on the front porch.
I made detachable run bays out of pvc pipe. A ten foot piece of pipe bent to form a hoop, made the sides and roof. I zip tie them together after each move. The size of the bay is determined by the 2”x4” wire fencing. You can use as many bays as you want. They will eat the ground bare in a stationery set up.
We let them out everyday, usually late afternoon. They return to the coop as the sun sets. My wife has trained them to come to her when she shakes the gallon zip lock with the kitchen scraps. They sit on her lap. They have names.
We have 8 hens. Great eggs. We give some, but use a lot.
I made detachable run bays out of pvc pipe. A ten foot piece of pipe bent to form a hoop, made the sides and roof. I zip tie them together after each move. The size of the bay is determined by the 2”x4” wire fencing. You can use as many bays as you want. They will eat the ground bare in a stationery set up.
We let them out everyday, usually late afternoon. They return to the coop as the sun sets. My wife has trained them to come to her when she shakes the gallon zip lock with the kitchen scraps. They sit on her lap. They have names.
We have 8 hens. Great eggs. We give some, but use a lot.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 8:49 pm to Good Times
Also fresh eggs last a very long time if unwashed.
Like 2-3 months. Unrefrigerated.
Like 2-3 months. Unrefrigerated.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 9:53 pm to doclsu08
Yes. Built a fricking McMansion for those biddies. Built the main house part about 10'x16' with an 10 foot eave height and 14 foot peak--all measured from the initial raised height of 2 feet (so, like 12' eave and 16 foot peak from the ground).
Used some old 4x6s to make the house itself about 2 feet off ground level. Actually set 6 4x6x20s into the ground about 4 feet along the sides, set them in concrete, and then built the house around them--cutting/trimming as necessary to match the roof pitch, etc. Placed shorter 6 ft 4x6s in the center, with 4 feet buried in concrete. All of that so I could build the house itself 2 feet off the ground.
Built a shed on one side with a protruding nest area so that eggs can be gathered without going inside the house. Built ramps and an outside deck for the girls.
Finally, I built the outside fence using 4x4s and 6 foot mesh netting. Also placed netting over the top. The entire building/yard is protected. Total footprint for the house and yard combined is somewhere around 80' x 80'.
Used recycled tin for the roof and three sides of the house. Found some old pine plank and used that for the front end and door. It has a vaulted ceiling with vented area along the top which can be opened for summer and closed for winter. Linoleum floors for easier cleaning. Added a cleaning hatch in the wall behind the roost. All wood (except for the pine plank and the roost) is treated.
The roost itself is made from bean poles (i.e., small saplings) nailed together and placed onto a hinge system so it can be raised/lowered for cleaning. Added lights, power outlets, fans.
I don't know what Tractor Supply wants for theirs, but I invested several thousand dollars into building that fricking thing. It's a beast, and it'll be there long after I'm gone. But, it sure as hell wasn't cheap.
Used some old 4x6s to make the house itself about 2 feet off ground level. Actually set 6 4x6x20s into the ground about 4 feet along the sides, set them in concrete, and then built the house around them--cutting/trimming as necessary to match the roof pitch, etc. Placed shorter 6 ft 4x6s in the center, with 4 feet buried in concrete. All of that so I could build the house itself 2 feet off the ground.
Built a shed on one side with a protruding nest area so that eggs can be gathered without going inside the house. Built ramps and an outside deck for the girls.
Finally, I built the outside fence using 4x4s and 6 foot mesh netting. Also placed netting over the top. The entire building/yard is protected. Total footprint for the house and yard combined is somewhere around 80' x 80'.
Used recycled tin for the roof and three sides of the house. Found some old pine plank and used that for the front end and door. It has a vaulted ceiling with vented area along the top which can be opened for summer and closed for winter. Linoleum floors for easier cleaning. Added a cleaning hatch in the wall behind the roost. All wood (except for the pine plank and the roost) is treated.
The roost itself is made from bean poles (i.e., small saplings) nailed together and placed onto a hinge system so it can be raised/lowered for cleaning. Added lights, power outlets, fans.
I don't know what Tractor Supply wants for theirs, but I invested several thousand dollars into building that fricking thing. It's a beast, and it'll be there long after I'm gone. But, it sure as hell wasn't cheap.
This post was edited on 4/10/18 at 6:27 am
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:12 pm to FCP
How much upkeep is required for chickens?
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:22 pm to poochie
quote:I mean it's really not much. Just a quick trip once a day to get the eggs, take them scraps, check the feed, and check their water. We had a battle with mice for a while, but that seems to be under control after a few buckets of poison. Kids sweep everything to the rear of the building once a week, and every couple of months I take out the pile of shite out to use for the strawberry patch. Gotta get the eggs daily, and you'll spend way more on chicken feed than you'll ever recover in actual savings from buying eggs in the store. But, the wife enjoys them, and they do their part in making strawberry fertilizer, so there's that.
How much upkeep is required for chickens?
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:37 pm to doclsu08
No, but I’ve witnessed a chicken coup
Posted on 4/10/18 at 4:55 am to poochie
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How much upkeep is required for chickens?
Chickens drink a hell of a lot of water.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 5:25 am to doclsu08
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plan online and built from it, made your own plan, or just winged it.
Iswydt
Posted on 4/10/18 at 7:09 am to Sir Drinksalot
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Chickens are mean as hell and gross
fact, i remember as a kid watching chickens feat on roaches when my friend's dad unpacked an old tent that had been in the attic.
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