Our new coop may look huge, but it's not all chicken space! One of the things we wanted to include in our new coop was a storage area. We wanted a place we could keep their food, bedding, treats, etc... The storage area is about 28"x48". It was pretty easy to add a dividing wall.… Continue reading Building the Coop (pt 3)
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Building the Coop (pt 2)
Let's see, where did part one leave off? The walls! As I said in part one, we went a little overboard on the structure of these walls. But hey, I wanted to make sure no predators could get in unless they had an axe. In our coop design we had about a quarter of the… Continue reading Building the Coop (pt 2)
Building the Coop (pt 1)
More chickens meant needing a bigger coop... and a second one. Our first coop would only house up to 5 chickens and now, since we got the chicks, we have 7. We needed a coop that would house all 7 chickens while keeping our first coop as a transition coop for new chicks and to… Continue reading Building the Coop (pt 1)