Comments on: Tour the NEW Chicken Coop!

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:37:16 +0000

Love the coop.. very nice..
what I have learned in keeping chickens for 12 yrs.
1 . chickens will Roost at the highest point.. be it rafters or the top of *laying * boxes. they rarely do more then lay eggs in the boxes. so unless you close off the area above the boxes.. they will sleep there & poop there 🙂
my niece put in quite a few boxes.. thinking they each needed their own to sleep (:)
& she left the ladder inside , leaning against the wall.. yep you guessed it.. in the morning they were found up as high as they could get on the ladder 🙂
2. also to roost they do better on a flat board.. a round one requires them to hang on all night. they like to roost with their feet under them cuz mice will try to nibble their feet at night. EVERY coop will have their share of mice.. no getting around it.
3. chicken wire does nothing more then keep the ckens in.. it does not keep predators out .
a neighbor dog or a wild coon will try to get to them..
4.. rarely feed ckens corn during warm weather.. it raises their temp. Which is great in winter
Hope others will share what they have learned.. I love learning from those in the trenches.. or the coop 🙂

By: Kelly Liston

Kelly Liston — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:27:01 +0000

In reply to Kathy. We actually used a company called The Green Chicken Coop to build it for us.

By: Kelly Liston

Kelly Liston — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:26:33 +0000

In reply to Jennifer Roddy. It is a treadle feeder. Google has lots of info on them, you can even find instructions on how to build your own!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 21:15:41 +0000

We just rescued 9 hens. So, this is all new. Previously the owner let the hens free range every day out the main coop door and that is the primary ventilation. She also went from 24 girls to 9 in about 6 months. I like that there are few windows for Colorado winters but since they are no longer free ranging, we need to increase the ventilation. I am invisioning a screen door similar to yours. Could you please provide more detail on how it is install and secured. This would be perfect for what I am wanting to do. Your coop is lovely and you should be so proud of the work you’ve done!!!

By: Jennifer Roddy

Jennifer Roddy — Wed, 07 May 2014 23:28:23 +0000

Such a cute coop! One question, what kind of feeder is that in the picture? I have been looking for something like that.
Thanks!!

By: Juvy Badiy

Juvy Badiy — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 03:55:36 +0000

As young kid, my father’s chickens brings joy to my life, like i was busy monitoring them, feeding their chicks, play with the chicks, i find the color yellow very interesting and im always happy with them. We have goats, pings, and i play with the young pigs, young pigs are like so funny they just run around like they have no idea they will be pork chops or steaks someday..

i miss those days when our place used to be like so 1940, grass all around, rice fields everything is so simple… my memories are here again as i saw your chicken photos.. i love them, thanks..

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:24:42 +0000

Love the coop! Your chickens are very lucky : ) We have never had a new coop, but we have been fortunate enough to keep moving to houses that already have them. It is easy to move chickens…we just put ours into several large dog crates. They handle it pretty well!