{"id":35895,"date":"2016-08-30T21:21:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T03:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=35895"},"modified":"2016-08-30T21:21:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T03:21:56","slug":"chicken-coop-with-hinged-roost-and-stucco-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/chicken-coop-with-hinged-roost-and-stucco-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Coop with Hinged Roost and Stucco Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"

My one acre is a bit odd<\/strong> due to it’s being the site of the original house on 40 acres. I don’t have a normal front yard, the landscaping was done before the lot was defined, and it borders 5 other properties besides the road. These factors have led to me having two chicken areas, with two different flocks. One of these flocks is in what would probably be\u00a0considered the front yard, although the pen area is bordered by one neighbor’s horse pasture and another neighbor’s side yard\/auto shop zone.<\/p>\n

\"front<\/a>We tried moving all of the chickens to one pen area, for my own ease of care, but there were no easy solutions to keeping the odd pasture area in the front weeded. Knowing from experience that chickens provide excellent and cost effective weed control<\/a><\/span>, we decided to buy some one year old hens from Vogel Farms<\/a><\/span>. My one request was a better chicken coop.<\/p>\n

The old one was sort of a Frankenstein creation of an old goat shelter raised a couple of feet higher by a makeshift wooden foundation with nest boxes attached. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciated what could be provided at the time and in a pinch, but it was lower than my height, was criss-crossed by branches for roosts, and had significant gaps between some boards. Cleaning it required hunching for extended periods, as well as doing the limbo around the roosting branches. My request was granted.<\/p>\n

Here is a combined movie\/slideshow look at the process of building the coop.<\/p>\n