fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

[fuzzi]

Just a thought... plan enough distance between the coops for mowing easily...

Got 8' but it is a good suggestion.

 

[fuzzi]

Another thought, goats will tap dance on your hoop coop. A tarp top will get punctured by sharp hooves. Somewhere I have a thread on building a hoop coop with tin top. I’ll go find it. It may be on TEG.

Found it! I used 1x4s on the inside to screw the tin to. A neighbor held them up on the inside while I held up the tin on the outside and screwed it through to the 1x4. Had to use pretty long metal roofing screws, then snugged the tin up tight. That left the ends of the screws bristling out on the inside of the coop, just waiting to snag me. Neighbor cut those ends off flush with boards.

HOOP COOP

I have more pictures for you @ninnymary !! I built a hoop coop the last week of May. I had chicks in the house, they were driving me nuts and I wanted them OUT! I built the whole thing out of stuff I already had. The tin for the roof was used, the treated lumber for the frame came off the half...

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That said, I’ll take your idea of a tarp top for my hoop coop I’m about to build. I’m building it to be very temporary so I can tear it back down.

That is something to consider. I don't have spare tin so that would be an additional expense.

Going to add these ideas to a hoop coop thread:

My Little Hoop Coop

Well I'm not braggin' y'all so don't put me down But I've got the cutest little coop in town When foxes come up to it they don't even try 'Cause it's got hardware cloth right up to the sky She's my little Hoop Coop You gotta see what I got! Hat tip (& apologies) to The Beach Boys 😎 This is my...

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