Rural Gardening: Chicken Coop - I need your thoughts and ideas., 1 by texasrockgarden

texasrockgarden wrote:
So far I have a very well built 5' X 8' storage container to be modified into a chicken coop. I have waterproofed it inside and out, roofed it, covered the plywood edges, and built steps.

See photo......The current thinking is to modify the two center sections on both sides of the house to have hinged panels that lift up for air flow. There will be aluminum screen wire attached on the inside covering the openings. There will also be a 1' X 4' hinged door opening near the top on the back side, also covered with screen wire.

On the side shown in the photo their will be a solar powered automatic door installed near the bottom of one of the center panels that opens in the morning and closes at night.

As far as the pen it will be covered with 2" mesh chicken wire supported by cedar cross members or strong wire such as cloths line wire or heavy electric fencing wire attached to cedar post placed throughout the pen.

See my chicks over here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1166601/



This message was edited Mar 25, 2011 1:24 PM