The hen House

I converted a lean-to (shack) into a chicken coop. The coop is approx 5′ x 9′. I have a book called “back to basics” that we got at a garage sale. It had some guide lines and measurements that I utilized. I used mainly old plywood and wood we had laying around so I didn’t have to buy much wood. The hens will be six months old in a couple of weeks, and that’s about the time they start laying eggs. We got 4 – Rhode Island Reds (brown eggs), 2 – Buff Orphingtons (brown eggs), and 4 – Americanas (blue or green eggs)

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Grimsby Birdman Big Al offers coop guidance to amateur Eggheads.Takes you into the coop. The pace is frenetic, the action shocking. It’s impossible not to empathise with him and his close knit flock.

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Hattie and Joyce explore their new home.

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Mud Hens lose 5-3 to Indians Thursday evening at Hen House, Aug 27 2009

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I built this chicken coop using 2 interior doors and scrap wood from a local construction job. The siding was a freebie from craigslist, and the two windows were scavenged from the dump. All in all the only thing I needed to buy was a 12 foot 2×4, hinges for the windows, some chicken wire, and some foam insulation for all the gaps. The roost was made from a closet rod. I have since recieved a 12 foot by 12 by 12 by 8 by 8 six foot tall dog pen for free to give them a large area to run when they are locked in. I let them free range when I’m home but due to some dog attacks I keep them in the pen otherwise. The sliding door is not on any tracks it just slides freely and has been working ok for about a year. This coop holds my 8 hens in comfort, and was intentionally left on the small side for the cold New Hampshire winters, so they could stay warm with their body heat. The drop light seen had been used on the very cold nights and was on a timer during the short winter days, so they would still produce eggs, but they keep pecking the bulb out, so I will need to think up something better for next winter.
Thanks for looking at my first youtube vid.

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Something is awry in the hen house.

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Something is awry in the hen house.

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uploading here to be viewable on my chicken blog: http://chicksnducks.blogspot.com…

this basically what I do every morning when it gets light enough after my kids wake up waaaay too early, and we eventually go out to let the chickens out of their henhouse in our backyard…

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uploading here to be viewable on my chicken blog: http://chicksnducks.blogspot.com…

this basically what I do every morning when it gets light enough after my kids wake up waaaay too early, and we eventually go out to let the chickens out of their henhouse in our backyard…

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Is Jackie sitting on an egg? She owes me one. All my birds pay their rent in eggs. I’m babysitting Jackie for a friend who wants her to start laying. And she has – but not today so far.

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