Move In Day at the Chicken Coop

May 30, 2009

Move In Day at the Chicken Coop

The coop is done and the chickens are sleeping in their new digs tonight. The kids did a great job painting. They even decided to paint the compost bin while they were at it. Go here for the full series of chicken coop posts.

Posted by Craig Goodwin on May 30, 2009 in Chicken Coop | Permalink

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That's an impressive coop!

Posted by: April | May 31, 2009 at 05:48 PM

Wow -
great job by Noel and Lily with the paint. Kind of gives new meaning to the term "mother-in-law appartment". Well, Nancy, when do we move in???
Craig Sr.

Posted by: craig sr. | June 01, 2009 at 04:24 PM

don't you mean "THE CHICHEN COOP!"
I had a great time telling my co-workers about the sign!
Can't wait for the eggs!
Kristen

Posted by: kristen | June 01, 2009 at 04:33 PM

I'm looking to build a coop for 6 Barred Rocks and really like your design.

Have you had any more thoughts on getting the coop ready for winter? I'm in very Northern New York State, just South of the Canadian Border so I'm wondering how it would hold up to our winters.

Thanks!

Posted by: Ben | November 30, 2009 at 07:43 PM

Ben,
We're up in the northern part of Washington State so we're seeing regular temps below freezing and they seem to be doing fine. We've got a light that we turn on when it get's in the mid to low 20's. So far we've been down as cold as 15 degrees F and with the light on they have done fine. We've got five birds and they pretty much fill up the roost and are packed together at night which is good. If you're going to have 6 I'd increase the width to make room for 6 on the roost.

It probably would be a good idea to insulate the bottom and the walls which I haven't done. We'll see how it goes.

Here's the best article I've read on the subject.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=1642-winter-coop-temperatures

Posted by: Craig | November 30, 2009 at 07:59 PM

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