Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[GuyChurchward]

Well I confess I have posted before an age ago but forgot my login details so here I am under a refreshed account.

 

I just completed Mk3 chicken coop, I live in the middle of the Santa Cruz mountains so when embarking on a larger scale coop to keep the girls happy I wanted to ensure that they were safe and secure.. I have a couple of URL's below for your perusal, the 1st being some rough project details, the second being my Flickr site for various pics.

 

For teh Omlet team, inserting a cube onto a coop is a real pain because of the way the top slides.. May I suggest you think about a hinge and latch approach so you can push the cube right up to the coop and don't have to built elaborate decks or tunnels

 

Anyhow, I finnished this just yesterday so wanted to share..

 

Guy

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=79830

 

[bouldercroft]

Welcome Guy!

the photos are amazing and your girls are sooooooo pretty. So, I'm guessing from the morph tag on your flickr account that you're an expat too?

[GuyChurchward]

It is a giveaway I guess yes.. although we are not dual citizens which is great !

[txswanie]

Hello from the Santa Monica Mountains. I also have a cement trench around my run. Everyone thinks I am crazy and they call my run Fort Knox but those coyotes are pesky. Your set up looks great.

Colette.

[oneyolktoanother]

welcome

[Luvachicken]

Wow, you must have worked really hard on that slope and what a beautiful place you live in.

Welcome by the way, everyone on here is really friendly and helpful.

[Plum]

Wow what hard work but looks great and shown me what you can do with a slope. I had an area dug out for cube and WIR but now you have got me thinking about our slope

[GuyChurchward]

Yeh, I did the standard run but had the dead space and took some time to figure it out... I makes for a tough stapling process and is very custom but I think rewarding and is almost completely hidden from teh house and road which is great. The structure is also so sturdy I bet I could build a deck on the top is I wanted to