Chicken coop support equipment

[C_hasbeen 249]

Almost finished with my wife's chicken pallace, here is a picture of my 656 and the support wagons I use dragging materials and tools back and forth from the shop.  Stay well everyone.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,490]

Nice coop! 

 

Nice rigs! 

[953 nut 55,065]

3 minutes ago, C_hasbeen said:

my wife's chicken pallace

        Your wife's chickens live in better quarters than most people in several other countries.         

[ebinmaine 67,267]

39 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

        Your wife's chickens live in better quarters than most people in several other countries.         

Or my house....

 

 

Kidding....

 

 

Love to hear more about your plans for the chickens.

We have some too.

 

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

6 hours ago, C_hasbeen said:

Almost finished with my wife's chicken pallace, here is a picture of my 656 and the support wagons I use dragging materials and tools back and forth from the shop.  Stay well everyone.

That looks awesome 🙂

 

I like the fact it's human height with a normal door, never understand why people make them tiny and low.

[Stormin 9,981]

That really is a chicken palace. Same colour as SWMBO's studio. Except for the white paint.

[ebinmaine 67,267]

1 hour ago, Dan.gerous said:

That looks awesome 🙂

 

I like the fact it's human height with a normal door, never understand why people make them tiny and low.

Agreed.

Ours is full height for one door.

The other was limited by space. (5'?)

We made the whole 8 foot wall open for easy cleaning though.

 

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Agreed.

Ours is full height for one door.

The other was limited by space. (5'?)

We made the whole 8 foot wall open for easy cleaning though.

 

Mine is the same, although it's a little low as it's a lean to on the side of the garage that's a temporary home until I build a better one

[C_hasbeen 249]

Short turn is to raise them up and have them lay eggs. She plans on letting one hen sit a batch of eggs next spring.  She has 18 with three of them roosters, they are almost 2 months old now.  I always enjoy having some fresh food you know where it came from

[ebinmaine 67,267]

2 minutes ago, C_hasbeen said:

I always enjoy having some fresh food you know where it came from

That's exactly why Trina and I built a coop and run.

We are working our way towards becoming more and more self-sustaining.

 

We bought 12 straight run chicks.

We went with buff orpington which is a dual-purpose bird.

Turned out only one was a rooster. We didn't need a rooster and we really only wanted six or eight hens.

Last fall we gave the rooster and two hens to our neighbors across the street because their flock was aging a bit.

 

So we have nine hens that are laying an egg approximately every other day. We sell a few, eat a few. Just about pays for the food.

 

[squonk 41,020]

Support equipment. Where’s the manure spreader? 

[C_hasbeen 249]

42 minutes ago, squonk said:

Support equipment. Where’s the manure spreader? 

Well I knew I needed more equipment!  Just unsure what that piece was!

[C_hasbeen 249]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

That's exactly why Trina and I built a coop and run.

We are working our way towards becoming more and more self-sustaining.

 

We bought 12 straight run chicks.

We went with buff orpington which is a dual-purpose bird.

Turned out only one was a rooster. We didn't need a rooster and we really only wanted six or eight hens.

Last fall we gave the rooster and two hens to our neighbors across the street because their flock was aging a bit.

 

So we have nine hens that are laying an egg approximately every other day. We sell a few, eat a few. Just about pays for the food.

 

Self sufficient is a goal, we are doing a big garden again, I need to get my water well down yet, plenty to do but until ya start ya don't make progress right?

[ebinmaine 67,267]

18 minutes ago, C_hasbeen said:

Self sufficient is a goal, we are doing a big garden again, I need to get my water well down yet, plenty to do but until ya start ya don't make progress right?

 

We did some garden last year. 5 raised beds 42 square.

This year, same beds but in a better location and better soil.

 

Possibly adding another raised bed or two.

 

I have 2 brown thumbs, so to speak... but Trina and her mom are both very good and "old hands"  at gardening.

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

This is our temporary hen house, it's a store next to my small garage but it's not much use for anything else. I was going to extend it but will leave that until after the chickens have moved on.

[C_hasbeen 249]

On 4/22/2020 at 4:45 PM, Dan.gerous said:

This is our temporary hen house, it's a store next to my small garage but it's not much use for anything else. I was going to extend it but will leave that until after the chickens have moved on.

Looks nice, I like how the strap type henges add to the solid built look

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

4 hours ago, C_hasbeen said:

Looks nice, I like how the strap type henges add to the solid built look

I just added a window made from some scrap wood and a bit of greenhouse glass, makes the inside much more pleasant for the old girls.

 

We have ten retired commercial chickens, they had never been outside and are loving wandering around the farm all day.

 

 

[C_hasbeen 249]

7 hours ago, Dan.gerous said:

I just added a window made from some scrap wood and a bit of greenhouse glass, makes the inside much more pleasant for the old girls.

 

We have ten retired commercial chickens, they had never been outside and are loving wandering around the farm all day.

 

 

I bet they love the new light!  I like that you was able to make a window, nothin better than making it your own self!

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

4 hours ago, C_hasbeen said:

I bet they love the new light!  I like that you was able to make a window, nothin better than making it your own self!

And all from free materials 🙂 it's not perfect, but good enough for the chicken house.

 

We quite often take down people's old sheds and recycle them, amazing what you can get if you look around. One of my daughter's and I took down a 22ft X 12ft pigeon loft the other day, then we spent a few days taking nails out of wood!

[ebinmaine 67,267]

Use what ya have!!!

 

 

Niiiice

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

40 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Use what ya have!!!

 

 

Niiiice

We live in such a wasteful society, I try and recycle old things as much as possible.

 

We took this rotten one down a few years ago in Pit Lochry, Scotland. By the time I removed all the rot it was a bit smaller but ended up being a lovely little free shed. We moved house from Perth (Scotland) so I gave it to a friend and it now lives in Doncaster. A week travelled little shed that was going to be demolished.

 

It was painted white with all the doors and trim painted black. I made loads of furniture and of projects for the house in that little place.

[C_hasbeen 249]

2 hours ago, Dan.gerous said:

We live in such a wasteful society, I try and recycle old things as much as possible.

 

We took this rotten one down a few years ago in Pit Lochry, Scotland. By the time I removed all the rot it was a bit smaller but ended up being a lovely little free shed. We moved house from Perth (Scotland) so I gave it to a friend and it now lives in Doncaster. A week travelled little shed that was going to be demolished.

 

It was painted white with all the doors and trim painted black. I made loads of furniture and of projects for the house in that little place.

Very nice rebuild !  Are the gutters on the old one cast iron?

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

7 minutes ago, C_hasbeen said:

Very nice rebuild !  Are the gutters on the old one cast iron?

No they were just painted plastic unfortunately ☹️

 

It was a well built old shed but the bottom had rotted out of it. I cut it down about a foot to get to fresh wood, but it still had plenty of head room.