Coop/Run Photos

[bretty666]

Ok...im spreading my way across the forum now.my mrs got 5 chickens on saturday then asks (tells) me to build a chicken house on sunday! Took a few hours but i did it!!! Im no carpenter so be kind!

[9pollock]

Chicken run now complete

Hi again
At long last I have got the chicken run finally constructed and the girls are over joyed with there new des res. It is also great that I can walk in and attend to all that needs to be done without breaking my old back and getting stuck when I was kneeling to reach in to the old run.
I now feel that I can get to see the girls better and they are easier to catch when they need to be attended to. We are now getting to know each a whole lot better!!!!
The photos attached are just to show the run and my very very happy girls.
Thanks for all the help with all the other posts in the past.

(if the photos don't show I will try again)

Sandra

[jessmorris]

Looks sturdy bretty666. Does it have any ventilation? they may fry in the summer....

[Small pumpkin]

Here is the house external doesn't look good as front used to be a dog kennel, then I had to build a porch over the door way to stop all the rain blowing in all the time. But the rest of it is newly built.



Here is there run, also known as our orchard. They have a little pop hole out the back of the orchard so they can free range.


Here is the rest of there run

[Scarlet]

No foxes on the Isle of Mull! Lucky thing!

[Small pumpkin]

No foxes. But we do have otter, mink and eagles.
Otter & mink are very partial to chicken ( I have lost birds to both). You have to be very unlucky to lose a chicken to an eagle.

[elizajay]

I have lost one hen twice to an (unknown) bird of prey - taken from the garden and dropped injured in the road. Third time I think she had a heart attack, dead and uninjured apart from some feathers plucked.
Your situation looks idyllic!

[Scarlet]

Are you sure it was taken by a bird? It would have to be a very big bird to actually take a hen and fly with it???!

[elizajay]

Yes, it was a bantam and it had the same injury around its head both times where it was held by the talon.

[Andiwiddow]

Wow these are all very nice and given me lots of ideas how to build my first coop

Thanks Andy

[Snadger]

My Septagon coop made from doors! Added high level pop hole and ladder later!

[Snadger]

................and the coop I a'SPIRE' to.

I reckon this could be made from pallet wood!

[Andiwiddow]

My 1st Run & Coop

Progress id say 50% lol



what do you guys think

[Stan79]

what do you guys think

Looks very solid. Are they going to live in the shed?

[Andiwiddow]

yes they are going to live in shed need to finish that off trying to get run finished this is how it looks today



all wire on 2 sides is on and secure just need to fill front in and build door