Comments on: Keeping Chickens and Building Chicken Coops http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=248 Raising backyard chickens and wildbird viewing Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:30:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dorothy http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=248&cpage=1#comment-7349 Dorothy Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:10:57 +0000 http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=248#comment-7349 Love the web site... My husband and I had an old homemade camper van we weren't using, with a topper on it. we pulled it down to where we wanted it. We set the van on old car hoods, so it wouldn't sink into the ground. Bolted metal plates over the wheel openings on the passengers side, then tore everything out of the van except the sink cabnets.(We left them to make nests) This is our coop. We put several old steel wheels in for nests also, wood poles for them to roost on. They love it! Next we built an aviary out of 3/4'' pvc pipe from the hardware store (cheap) put two 3/4'' pvc pipes together, bent them in an arch, the ends are connected to rods drove in the ground about 2' (this is the run it measures around 15x24ft).We then wove the chicken wire over it top and sides and one end,(nothing can get into the hens, AT ALL!) Finished by ponding metal plates on the ground all around so nothing can dig or tunnel under the run. The van (coop) already had screen windows, so easy open and close. We then put strong exspanned steel over the outside of the windows (bolted them right to the van) We can roll the door windows up and down, when it's hot or cold. The passenger door and the side doors open for easy ventilation. they are on the run side We enter through the driver's door. Plan on putting a gate in on the end later. "Here's hoping your chickens are happy" Love the web site…
My husband and I had an old homemade camper van we weren’t using, with a topper on it. we pulled it down to where we wanted it. We set the van on old car hoods, so it wouldn’t sink into the ground. Bolted metal plates over the wheel openings on the passengers side, then tore everything out of the van except the sink cabnets.(We left them to make nests) This is our coop. We put several old steel wheels in for nests also, wood poles for them to roost on. They love it!
Next we built an aviary out of 3/4” pvc pipe from the hardware store (cheap) put two 3/4” pvc pipes together, bent them in an arch, the ends are connected to rods drove in the ground about 2′ (this is the run it measures around 15×24ft).We then wove the chicken wire over it top and sides and one end,(nothing can get into the hens, AT ALL!)
Finished by ponding metal plates on the ground all around so nothing can dig or tunnel under the run.

The van (coop) already had screen windows, so easy open and close. We then put strong exspanned steel over the outside of the windows (bolted them right to the van) We can roll the door windows up and down, when it’s hot or cold. The passenger door and the side doors open for easy ventilation. they are on the run side

We enter through the driver’s door. Plan on putting a gate in on the end later.

“Here’s hoping your chickens are happy”

]]> By: Natalie http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=248&cpage=1#comment-6866 Natalie Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:03:21 +0000 http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=248#comment-6866 Absolutely brilliant! I love it and the "olympic-sized swimming pool". I only hope my coop looks at good! Absolutely brilliant! I love it and the “olympic-sized swimming pool”. I only hope my coop looks at good!

]]> By: Carole http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=248&cpage=1#comment-4855 Carole Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:41:32 +0000 http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=248#comment-4855 Preston, Don't let creativeness stop you. There are a ton of books available with plans if you want to start from scratch. Or if you want to modify your present coop then draw out how you think you want and just try. Don't let indecision stop you. The only wrong way is when you do nothing. It is all trial and error. Preston, Don’t let creativeness stop you. There are a ton of books available with plans if you want to start from scratch. Or if you want to modify your present coop then draw out how you think you want and just try. Don’t let indecision stop you. The only wrong way is when you do nothing. It is all trial and error.

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