The Old Homestead Coop

Lots of time and hard work has gone into your coop. Well done!
I love this coop! Open and airy, but still out of the elements. Very nice!
Beautiful coop! My husband and I want to do something similar here in Florida
Such a simple, but well thought out design. I love it!
I love the style and natural country vibe of this coop! So practical! Curious what you disliked about the sand.
What a beautiful coop! Your girls looked so happy there! Just loved all the photos, and all the ideas will help with our new coop design!!!
Great coop build!! Love it! I also love the bonus pictures of all your chickens/chicks!
I'd love to see updated pictures in a thread. :) (If you post one please tag me in the OP post!!)
What a lovely coop and wonderful setup for a flock of pretty ladies! I love the pic of your Australorp's in the finished coop/run staring out. So cute!
What a nice coop set up and run. You have some happy chickens.
Love your coop/run! It's great to see the process over the years. Love the dates included on the pictures and follow up. Planning to build my first coop for my very first chickens and still looking for ideas. Thanks! Great Job!
I love exploring coops here on BYC, and it's inspired me to revamp my run for my coop. This has been very helpful in the planning of a new roofed run.
Very clean, nice coop!
I love the coop! Any particular reason you switched from sand to mulch? I am about to add sand to my run and was just wondering. The pictures are great!
TwoCrows
TwoCrows
This wild sand was very dusty. Just too much for the birds and myself. Purchased play box sand is much less dirty and dusty. I needed a new medium and found that wood mulch is cleaner, actually easier to clean and warmer in the winter. Sand is quite cold, great for summer, not so much for winter. Sand is back breaking heavy, wood mulch chips are super light. :)
Terrific coop build! I like that it's roomy, the shelf for supplies is convenient and using the fence pickets was a great idea.
TwoCrows
TwoCrows
Thanks Debby! :-)
Great use of space.
Why did you change from sand?

Thanks for sharing your coop and ladies.
TwoCrows
TwoCrows
This wild sand was very dusty. Just too much for the birds and myself. Purchased play box sand is much less dirty and dusty. I needed a new medium and found that wood mulch is cleaner, actually easier to clean and warmer in the winter. Sand is quite cold, great for summer, not so much for winter. Sand is back breaking heavy, wood mulch chips are super light. :)
I really enjoyed reading this, and the pictures were fantastic! Gives me more nice ideas for a coop we still should build.. :D
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