Swing set chicken coop.

[grasshopperglock]

http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/diy-swingset-chicken-coop-03292016

 

[matefrio]

Thanks. This will come in handy sooner than later.

To the right of the shop\barn between the two trees was a set I was going to tear down. Looks like I'd be served by building it up into a coop.

 

[Rebel]

Nifty

 

[BRD@66]

Do you reckon that it's so top-heavy that it needs to have the legs buried in the ground like a swing set? Or could you put a wheel on each leg & have a chicken tractor - a moveable pen.

 

[Tony2]

Do you reckon that it's so top-heavy that it needs to have the legs buried in the ground like a swing set? Or could you put a wheel on each leg & have a chicken tractor - a moveable pen.

Even if it was light it would take quite a few chickens to pull it. Do they even make a harness for chickens lol

 

[A.Texas.Yankee]

Even if it was light it would take quite a few chickens to pull it. Do they even make a harness for chickens lol

LOL.

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[acorneau]

Even if it was light it would take quite a few chickens to pullet.

Fixed it for you.

 

[Tony2]

Could a team of pullets pull it? nah

 

[matefrio]

What's a hen weigh? It depends on the hen weight .

 

[Tony2]

What's a hen weigh? It depends on the hen weight .

nice looking place Are those pecan trees.

 

[matefrio]

nice looking place Are those pecan trees.

I've not figured them out yet. We close soon on the house so we're not officially there.

 

[deemus]

I saw one recently that was all wire. The wire was wrapped around the posts, and had a board at the bottom to prevent digging. It may have had a board on one end, and laying boxes mounted on that.

The one in the article looks really junky. No way my wife would allow that in our yard. I think you could make it look better though. Even painting it using the $10 / gallon screw up paint at Home Depot would look better than that.

 

[karlac]

I built this one a few years back
Not out of a swing, but similar in design.
Built it for someone who wanted a movable coop, for an urban backyard, that would hold three of four hens.

https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/ChezPoulet?noredirect=1

 

[matefrio]

I built this one a few years back
Not out of a swing, but similar in design.
Built it for someone who wanted a movable coop, for an urban backyard, that would hold three of four hens.

https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/ChezPoulet?noredirect=1

Nice!

 

[deemus]

Nice work.

 

[karlac]

Nice!

Here's another couple that might suit that new yard better.

A good friend of mine is really into urban chicken raising.
I designed and built half a dozen or so, for her and her friends, of this one down through the years.
I can make measured drawings from the 3D SketchUp model I used to design it with when/if you get serious about it.
But most anyone handy with tools could build it just looking at these photo:

https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/ChezPouletAustin_Ranchette

Here's a bigger one that I built for her daughter in Elgin (the same lady for whom I built her strawbale home):

https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipMzBtLGVEel3xv2i2M9ROsoUuCdJrZSqK9iSmsC

I didn't mean to get that involved in building chicken coops in my spare time, but damn, they wouldn't leave me alone....

 

[deemus]

I like that the laying boxes are accessible without having to go inside.

 

[karlac]

I like that the laying boxes are accessible without having to go inside.

Thanks.
Was raised on a farm, and we had more than our share of poultry.
Oldest of 5 children, I was always looking to make my chores easier, so tried to use that experience in the design.
I did enjoy making them, wished now I'd made one for me, but this city will not allow chickens.

 

[London]

Do you reckon that it's so top-heavy that it needs to have the legs buried in the ground like a swing set? Or could you put a wheel on each leg & have a chicken tractor - a moveable pen.

That's actually a technique for fertilizing the soil and making sure one spot doesn't get too torn up. Let the chickens hang out there a day or two, then move the coop up one spot. They end up benefiting the soil rather than destroying it.

 

[London]

Damn, karlac- Pimp My Chicken Coop! Nice work!