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planetman

Joined: 24 Aug 2010
Posts: 198
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 1:57 pm Post subject: New coop!
Take one second hand shed off Freecycle, some spare bits of wood and some old lino, and hey presto, our new chicken coop! The girls will be moving in today - I hope they like it! We also got a new greenhouse last week that took us two and a half days to make Enjoy the pics

davidtorbitt

Joined: 17 Apr 2011
Posts: 67
Location: Bedford

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 2:36 pm Post subject:
Absolutely brilliant!! I just love seeing people use things that some lazy bugger would otherwise just have thrown away. Cracking effort on the coop!!

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 3:56 pm Post subject:
Brilliant. Where did you get the plan from for fixtures and fittings or is there a standard layout....(new to chickens in the near future here I hope and haven't got a clue)

Mrs Mouse

Joined: 03 Apr 2011
Posts: 189
Location: North Nottinghamshire

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 4:00 pm Post subject:
Oooh i like! Might have to steal your internal design and make a few modifications to our chickens shed

planetman

Joined: 24 Aug 2010
Posts: 198
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 4:31 pm Post subject:
Thanks for your comments folks! We just made it up as we went along really. Really pleased with the result though. Some of the hens have been exploring it this afternoon and trying out the nesting boxes. I might have to put a higher lip on the front though as they just scratch all the bedding onto the floor!

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 6:20 pm Post subject:
Smashing! I think I might have been watching that ebay shed, too

misty07

Joined: 22 Jan 2010
Posts: 2223
Location: swindon wiltshire

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 7:08 pm Post subject:
arnt conifers poisonous to birds?

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 7:11 pm Post subject:
Nice bit of re-cycling there. Where abouts are you?Theres lots of us Downsizers in Somerset now

kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 7:12 pm Post subject:
That's not a coop, it's a palace! Well done to you

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 7:49 pm Post subject:
You may find the chickens sleep and poo in the nest boxes. Generally it is better to have the roosts higher than the nest box. Nice coop though.

planetman

Joined: 24 Aug 2010
Posts: 198
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 9:15 pm Post subject:
Thanks folks @misty07: Not sure - we've always kept our birds with conifers and haven't had a problem yet @gardening-girl: We're in between Radstock and Frome, a little village called Coleford. @alison: Some of our birds have always slept in the nesting boxes I'm afraid. We haven't been too bothered though, we just pick the poo out each morning, and they do like snuggling up together!

Dumnonian

Joined: 27 Feb 2011
Posts: 67
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun May 15, 11 9:25 pm Post subject:

Great bit of work on the coop. Quite a few chickens you must have!

Talking of greenhouses and DIY, any advice on how to make or find a greenhouse with raised beds inside?

We have a space about 10' by 8' going to waste - sadly someone covered it in concrete, how people seem to these days. It could be a great growing space, and having worked in lovely old greenhouses with proper brick built raised beds I thought that would be really good. But looking on the internet can't seem to see anywhere that you can get a polycarb top part (ie like the top half of a greenhouse only) that could be screwed down onto a brick base maybe a couple of feet tall.

Does anyone here have any ideas on how to go about it - short of buying a greenhouse and chopping the bottom off, that is?

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