This sale is for seven pages of Drawings, a material list, pictures and assembly instructions. There is a total of about 20 pages+ or -. I have added the cost per item for the material. I built this coop in December in my cabinet shop. I made shop drawings and took pictures as I built it. I bought all my material from Home Depot and Lowes. The total cost was about $450.00. It took me about 20 hours to build it. It is easy to build for someone with some carpenter experience, and it is as cute as a button. The retail for this building is between $1,500.00 and $2,000.00.The coop is elevated with pressure treated wood. This provides shade in the hot summer days as well as keeping the coop dry and cooler in the summer. Some predators are possibly deterred by the elevated coop. The unit has a ramp for the chickens to walk up , the door is latched for the closed and open position. Collecting the eggs is easy, takes just minutes a day. With the easy accessible nest boxes, means that you never have to go inside to collect the eggs. Simply lift the lid and reach inside, a handy latch holds the lid up leaving both hands free. Metal mesh over the rear vent keeps predators out, while allowing you to open it to increase ventilation inside the coop. cleaning the coop is easy, it is small enough that you just take a broom and sweep it out. Without getting your feet dirty. The plastic floor and the side door make cleaning quick and simple. This is a 4X6 foot building. If you want more chickens, I would just make this a 4X8 foot building [the size of a standard sheet of plywood.] This building should last a lifetime, have fun!!!!!!!!!
Everyone knows that the best eggs come from happy, healthy chickens. Having chickens in your back yard is great for them and good for you too. aside from the obvious benefit of your own fresh eggs, chickens are entertaining, affectionate and a free pest control.
We are excited to be able to offer chicken coop to make keeping chickens in your backyard easy and affordable.
-Designed for 12-15 chickens
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6 Nest Boxes
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1'x 1' Chicken Door- with latches to hold it open and latch shut.
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2 18" by 24" Slider windows with screens or to save money plexiglass. Add wire mesh on interior for safety.
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18"wide by 53" High door.
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2 2x4 Wooden Roost Bars.
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Hinged drop vent with wire mesh for safety.
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Plastic or vinyl floor for easy cleanup.
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Metal roof or 3-tab Asphalt- Shingle Roof
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Pressure treated Wood legs and Base
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Your choice of tongue and groove 1x6 siding or 4X8 sheets 7/16 woodgrain hardboard siding
Chicken's 101
Feeding dos and Dont's:
Chickens are avid omnivores; they'll try almost anything, which adds to the convenience of using a compost litter system. But there are a few things that chickens shouldn't consume, and these should go straight to the compost pile:
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Eggshells or anything resembling them will encourage the bad habit of egg-eating.
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Anything moldy, including bread or that unidentified stuff from the back of the refrigerator, can make them ill.
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Coffee grounds, tea bags, houseplant pruning, pet hair and other household waste doesn't provide any food value and may endanger their health.
Along with their commercial ration, your hens enjoy a variety of discarded goodies from your vegetable garden and kitchen, including stale baked goods,cereal,pasta and cheese. Try to include fresh greens in their daily"scratch feed" such as tender weeds, leafy vegetables or grass clippings. A source of grit, such as crushed oyster shells, will aid in the hens' digestive process and provide calcium for strong eggshells.
Choosing Chickens:
Every hen will be happier and healthier with a compost litter system, but some breeds will be easier to manage than others. According to Jeremy Hobson and celia lewis in Keeping Chickens: Essential Guide to Enjoying Chickens and getting the best from chickens(David & Charles,2007), the dual-purpose breeds-those most suitable for both egg and meat production-are temperamentally better suited for backyard or farmstead flocks. They're less flighty than the layer breeds, easier to handle and work around in the coop and yard, and better at scratching and foraging. Dual-purpose breeds to consider are the Rhode Island Red, Dominique,New Hampshire Red, Plymouth Rock, Sussex and Wyandotte.
Safe Manure Handling
Why not bypass the compost bin and put all that nutrient-rich, discarded litter directly on the garden? Because fresh, high-nitrogen poultry manure will damage plant growth if applied directly to the garden soil durning the growing season. Manure also contains harmful bacteria and other pathogens. These pathogens are sharply reduced or eliminated durning the composting process, but they otherwise may pose a health hazard. In The Complete Compost Gardening Guide, authors Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin remind us to use common sense when handling manure, including wearing gloves and washing hands often. And fresh produce should always be washed before it's eaten, regardless of how it was grown.
On Feb-18-09 at 16:31:18 PST, seller added the following information:
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